ZIP 18901 vs ZIP 18902

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18901 (Doylestown, PA) and ZIP 18902 (Doylestown, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18901 has a population of 27,598 at 528 people per square mile, while ZIP 18902 has 20,973 at 291 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 18901 reports a median household income of $118,256 against $161,267 in ZIP 18902, with per-capita income of $64,006 vs $84,858. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.7% in 18901 and 66.1% in 18902. Poverty rate reads 4.7% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 4.0% — 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 $576,800 in 18901 versus $668,200 in 18902, with median rent of $1,917 and $2,125 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.5% vs 92.3%. 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.