ZIP 19503 vs ZIP 19504

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19503 (Bally, PA) and ZIP 19504 (Barto, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19503 has a population of 1,142 at 296 people per square mile, while ZIP 19504 has 4,998 at 86 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 19503 reports a median household income of $77,411 against $98,859 in ZIP 19504, with per-capita income of $39,478 vs $51,200. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.7% in 19503 and 34.4% in 19504. Poverty rate reads 8.7% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 2.5% — 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 $234,600 in 19503 versus $388,300 in 19504, with median rent of $1,122 and $1,219 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% vs 90.7%. 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.