ZIP 17214 vs ZIP 17250

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17214 (Blue Ridge Summit, PA) and ZIP 17250 (Rouzerville, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17214 has a population of 1,089 at 105 people per square mile, while ZIP 17250 has 68 at 2,993 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 17214 reports a median household income of $62,188 against — in ZIP 17250, with per-capita income of $43,734 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.4% in 17214 and — in 17250. Poverty rate reads 2.9% vs —, and unemployment 2.8% 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 $383,000 in 17214 versus — in 17250, with median rent of $845 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.0% 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.