ZIP 18915 vs ZIP 18932

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18915 (Colmar, PA) and ZIP 18932 (Line Lexington, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18915 has a population of 1,063 at 390 people per square mile, while ZIP 18932 has 388 at 119 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 18915 reports a median household income of $141,696 against — in ZIP 18932, with per-capita income of $68,536 vs $65,531. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 60.9% in 18915 and 56.9% in 18932. Poverty rate reads 2.8% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 15.1% — 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 $534,300 in 18915 versus $515,600 in 18932, with median rent of $1,473 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.2% vs 67.3%. 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.