ZIP 19015 vs ZIP 19013

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19015 (Brookhaven, PA) and ZIP 19013 (Chester, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19015 has a population of 16,632 at 1,958 people per square mile, while ZIP 19013 has 35,130 at 2,372 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 19015 reports a median household income of $82,450 against $41,261 in ZIP 19013, with per-capita income of $40,573 vs $22,679. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.4% in 19015 and 14.3% in 19013. Poverty rate reads 6.3% vs 29.2%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 17.6% — 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 $246,700 in 19015 versus $83,700 in 19013, with median rent of $1,222 and $1,099 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.2% vs 39.0%. 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.