ZIP 17220 vs ZIP 17262

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17220 (Dry Run, PA) and ZIP 17262 (Spring Run, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17220 has a population of 534 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 17262 has 1,462 at 21 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 17220 reports a median household income of $66,359 against $87,708 in ZIP 17262, with per-capita income of $41,325 vs $35,391. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.5% in 17220 and 11.6% in 17262. Poverty rate reads 9.5% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.0% — 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 $301,500 in 17220 versus $221,800 in 17262, with median rent of — and $675 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% vs 93.7%. 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.