ZIP 17223 vs ZIP 17229

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17223 (Fort Littleton, PA) and ZIP 17229 (Hustontown, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17223 has a population of 289 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 17229 has 1,276 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 17223 reports a median household income of $38,355 against $70,313 in ZIP 17229, with per-capita income of $30,493 vs $42,375. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.1% in 17223 and 22.0% in 17229. Poverty rate reads 32.8% vs 12.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.6% — 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 $192,900 in 17223 versus $201,600 in 17229, with median rent of $563 and $875 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.4% vs 81.8%. 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.