ZIP 19382 vs ZIP 19320

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19382 (West Chester, PA) and ZIP 19320 (Coatesville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19382 has a population of 52,388 at 437 people per square mile, while ZIP 19320 has 52,342 at 239 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 19382 reports a median household income of $132,091 against $90,601 in ZIP 19320, with per-capita income of $68,290 vs $44,164. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 64.0% in 19382 and 30.9% in 19320. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 10.0%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 3.8% — 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 $568,500 in 19382 versus $330,100 in 19320, with median rent of $1,830 and $1,410 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.9% vs 73.8%. 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.