ZIP 19082 vs ZIP 19083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19082 (Upper Darby, PA) and ZIP 19083 (Havertown, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19082 has a population of 40,997 at 6,111 people per square mile, while ZIP 19083 has 35,878 at 2,493 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 19082 reports a median household income of $57,108 against $124,523 in ZIP 19083, with per-capita income of $29,466 vs $57,094. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.7% in 19082 and 59.5% in 19083. Poverty rate reads 20.1% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 9.2% vs 5.1% — 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 $169,900 in 19082 versus $452,100 in 19083, with median rent of $1,248 and $1,435 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.3% vs 87.7%. 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.