ZIP 26541 vs ZIP 15349

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26541 (Maidsville, WV) and ZIP 15349 (Mount Morris, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26541 has a population of 2,624 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 15349 has 1,737 at 17 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 26541 reports a median household income of $73,444 against $68,125 in ZIP 15349, with per-capita income of $43,938 vs $37,757. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.9% in 26541 and 12.2% in 15349. Poverty rate reads 13.6% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.8% — 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 $236,400 in 26541 versus $204,200 in 15349, with median rent of $1,052 and $693 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.2% vs 76.3%. 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.