ZIP 17093 vs ZIP 17110

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17093 (Summerdale, PA) and ZIP 17110 (Harrisburg, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17093 has a population of 801 at 825 people per square mile, while ZIP 17110 has 24,433 at 739 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 17093 reports a median household income of $75,926 against $80,699 in ZIP 17110, with per-capita income of $42,272 vs $44,772. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.1% in 17093 and 40.2% in 17110. Poverty rate reads 5.1% vs 17.3%, and unemployment 34.4% 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 $170,000 in 17093 versus $222,900 in 17110, with median rent of — and $1,449 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.5% vs 58.4%. 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.