ZIP 19026 vs ZIP 19018

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19026 (Drexel Hill, PA) and ZIP 19018 (Clifton Heights, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19026 has a population of 30,738 at 3,277 people per square mile, while ZIP 19018 has 23,360 at 3,335 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 19026 reports a median household income of $89,234 against $73,522 in ZIP 19018, with per-capita income of $46,172 vs $35,404. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.4% in 19026 and 29.6% in 19018. Poverty rate reads 7.9% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 9.4% — 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 $271,100 in 19026 versus $225,100 in 19018, with median rent of $1,359 and $1,423 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.1% vs 65.1%. 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.