ZIP 19342 vs ZIP 19373

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19342 (Glen Mills, PA) and ZIP 19373 (Thornton, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19342 has a population of 18,099 at 358 people per square mile, while ZIP 19373 has 4,273 at 398 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 19342 reports a median household income of $132,688 against $192,708 in ZIP 19373, with per-capita income of $65,494 vs $77,915. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 56.5% in 19342 and 73.3% in 19373. Poverty rate reads 3.9% vs 0.8%, and unemployment 3.7% 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 $594,000 in 19342 versus $755,800 in 19373, with median rent of $2,380 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.9% vs 100.0%. 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.