ZIP 17019 vs ZIP 17027

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17019 (Dillsburg, PA) and ZIP 17027 (Grantham, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17019 has a population of 17,721 at 109 people per square mile, while ZIP 17027 has 2,141 at 2,204 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 17019 reports a median household income of $94,423 against $86,513 in ZIP 17027, with per-capita income of $45,569 vs $26,440. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.5% in 17019 and 48.2% in 17027. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs 6.5%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 7.3% — 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 $299,300 in 17019 versus $252,400 in 17027, with median rent of $1,138 and $1,861 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.4% vs 78.2%. 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.