ZIP 17037 vs ZIP 17082

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17037 (Ickesburg, PA) and ZIP 17082 (Port Royal, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17037 has a population of 1,126 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 17082 has 3,588 at 24 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 17037 reports a median household income of $75,000 against $75,000 in ZIP 17082, with per-capita income of $23,688 vs $31,572. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% in 17037 and 11.2% in 17082. Poverty rate reads 2.3% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 1.4% — 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 $229,800 in 17037 versus $214,400 in 17082, with median rent of $1,100 and $775 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.4% vs 79.0%. 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.