ZIP 17047 vs ZIP 17037

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17047 (Loysville, PA) and ZIP 17037 (Ickesburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17047 has a population of 2,526 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 17037 has 1,126 at 18 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 17047 reports a median household income of $87,578 against $75,000 in ZIP 17037, with per-capita income of $32,478 vs $23,688. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.3% in 17047 and 13.4% in 17037. Poverty rate reads 6.7% vs 2.3%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 3.4% — 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 $302,900 in 17047 versus $229,800 in 17037, with median rent of $706 and $1,100 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.6% vs 83.4%. 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.