ZIP 17043 vs ZIP 17101

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17043 (Lemoyne, PA) and ZIP 17101 (Harrisburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17043 has a population of 5,957 at 1,138 people per square mile, while ZIP 17101 has 2,212 at 1,801 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 17043 reports a median household income of $61,173 against $50,878 in ZIP 17101, with per-capita income of $45,200 vs $43,652. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.1% in 17043 and 44.3% in 17101. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 27.9%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 5.7% — 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 $226,700 in 17043 versus — in 17101, with median rent of $1,074 and $1,107 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 51.9% vs 1.6%. 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.