ZIP 17017 vs ZIP 17080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17017 (Dalmatia, PA) and ZIP 17080 (Pillow, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17017 has a population of 1,755 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 17080 has 298 at 240 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 17017 reports a median household income of $82,396 against $73,438 in ZIP 17080, with per-capita income of $39,911 vs $34,682. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 17017 and 12.6% in 17080. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 4.4% — 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 $216,600 in 17017 versus $136,500 in 17080, with median rent of $739 and $640 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.9% vs 85.6%. 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.