ZIP 16417 vs ZIP 16410

This side-by-side compares ZIP 16417 (Girard, PA) and ZIP 16410 (Cranesville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 16417 has a population of 8,329 at 69 people per square mile, while ZIP 16410 has 1,854 at 32 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 16417 reports a median household income of $88,041 against $83,977 in ZIP 16410, with per-capita income of $45,597 vs $36,213. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.0% in 16417 and 33.8% in 16410. Poverty rate reads 6.2% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 4.6% 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 $190,300 in 16417 versus $201,800 in 16410, with median rent of $684 and $1,007 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.6% vs 91.6%. 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.