ZIP 18615 vs ZIP 18625

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18615 (Falls, PA) and ZIP 18625 (Lake Winola, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18615 has a population of 1,867 at 39 people per square mile, while ZIP 18625 has 491 at 249 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 18615 reports a median household income of $76,184 against $62,500 in ZIP 18625, with per-capita income of $46,226 vs $59,560. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.8% in 18615 and 68.1% in 18625. Poverty rate reads 6.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 0.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $229,100 in 18615 versus $583,300 in 18625, with median rent of $800 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.1% vs 62.1%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.