ZIP 19554 vs ZIP 19506

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