ZIP 17049 vs ZIP 17076

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17049 (Mc Alisterville, PA) and ZIP 17076 (Oakland Mills, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17049 has a population of 3,360 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 17076 has 48 at 122 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 17049 reports a median household income of $70,109 against — in ZIP 17076, with per-capita income of $34,186 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.5% in 17049 and — in 17076. Poverty rate reads 9.0% vs —, and unemployment 0.0% vs — — 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 $215,800 in 17049 versus — in 17076, with median rent of $639 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs —. 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.