ZIP 18707 vs ZIP 18706

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18707 (Mountain Top, PA) and ZIP 18706 (Wilkes Barre, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18707 has a population of 15,557 at 121 people per square mile, while ZIP 18706 has 16,105 at 235 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 18707 reports a median household income of $109,567 against $58,558 in ZIP 18706, with per-capita income of $56,941 vs $32,645. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.2% in 18707 and 18.6% in 18706. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 20.8%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 4.7% — 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 $301,200 in 18707 versus $138,300 in 18706, with median rent of $868 and $965 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.1% vs 66.3%. 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.