ZIP 19073 vs ZIP 19312

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19073 (Newtown Square, PA) and ZIP 19312 (Berwyn, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19073 has a population of 18,332 at 342 people per square mile, while ZIP 19312 has 11,539 at 470 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 19073 reports a median household income of $134,839 against $204,384 in ZIP 19312, with per-capita income of $80,491 vs $92,757. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 64.0% in 19073 and 75.9% in 19312. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 8.2%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 4.5% — 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 $610,300 in 19073 versus $855,000 in 19312, with median rent of $2,202 and $1,768 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.8% vs 87.1%. 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.