ZIP 19383 vs ZIP 19382

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19383 (West Chester, PA) and ZIP 19382 (West Chester, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19383 has a population of 3,169 at 20,419 people per square mile, while ZIP 19382 has 52,388 at 437 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 19383 reports a median household income of $23,514 against $132,091 in ZIP 19382, with per-capita income of $5,689 vs $68,290. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 98.5% in 19383 and 64.0% in 19382. Poverty rate reads 68.4% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 11.3% vs 4.2% — 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 — in 19383 versus $568,500 in 19382, with median rent of — and $1,830 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 70.9%. 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.