ZIP 19506 vs ZIP 19554

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19506 (Bernville, PA) and ZIP 19554 (Shartlesville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19506 has a population of 7,356 at 42 people per square mile, while ZIP 19554 has 374 at 323 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 19506 reports a median household income of $106,422 against $81,850 in ZIP 19554, with per-capita income of $49,364 vs $55,525. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.9% in 19506 and 14.5% in 19554. Poverty rate reads 4.4% vs 1.2%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 11.8% — 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 $341,900 in 19506 versus $266,700 in 19554, with median rent of $1,274 and $1,054 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 61.0%. 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.