ZIP 18625 vs ZIP 18615

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18625 (Lake Winola, PA) and ZIP 18615 (Falls, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18625 has a population of 491 at 249 people per square mile, while ZIP 18615 has 1,867 at 39 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 18625 reports a median household income of $62,500 against $76,184 in ZIP 18615, with per-capita income of $59,560 vs $46,226. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 68.1% in 18625 and 31.8% in 18615. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 6.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.1% — 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 $583,300 in 18625 versus $229,100 in 18615, with median rent of — and $800 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.1% vs 87.1%. 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.