ZIP 17004 vs ZIP 17029

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17004 (Belleville, PA) and ZIP 17029 (Granville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17004 has a population of 5,000 at 40 people per square mile, while ZIP 17029 has 371 at 105 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 17004 reports a median household income of $65,068 against $76,080 in ZIP 17029, with per-capita income of $28,559 vs $26,440. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.7% in 17004 and 13.3% in 17029. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 0.0% — 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 $206,900 in 17004 versus — in 17029, with median rent of $806 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.5% vs 80.8%. 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.