ZIP 19151 vs ZIP 19082

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19151 (Philadelphia, PA) and ZIP 19082 (Upper Darby, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19151 has a population of 29,883 at 4,824 people per square mile, while ZIP 19082 has 40,997 at 6,111 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 19151 reports a median household income of $54,634 against $57,108 in ZIP 19082, with per-capita income of $31,529 vs $29,466. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.6% in 19151 and 22.7% in 19082. Poverty rate reads 17.7% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 8.8% vs 9.2% — 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 $194,700 in 19151 versus $169,900 in 19082, with median rent of $1,189 and $1,248 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 60.1% vs 49.3%. 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.