ZIP 18902 vs ZIP 18913

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18902 (Doylestown, PA) and ZIP 18913 (Carversville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18902 has a population of 20,973 at 291 people per square mile, while ZIP 18913 has 185 at 49 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 18902 reports a median household income of $161,267 against — in ZIP 18913, with per-capita income of $84,858 vs $95,463. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 66.1% in 18902 and 67.8% in 18913. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 4.0% 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 $668,200 in 18902 versus $1,083,300 in 18913, with median rent of $2,125 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.3% vs 62.0%. 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.