ZIP 17224 vs ZIP 17215

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17224 (Fort Loudon, PA) and ZIP 17215 (Burnt Cabins, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17224 has a population of 1,834 at 19 people per square mile, while ZIP 17215 has 347 at 11 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 17224 reports a median household income of $114,779 against $69,773 in ZIP 17215, with per-capita income of $42,143 vs $33,158. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.5% in 17224 and 5.2% in 17215. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 4.9%, and unemployment 1.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $303,000 in 17224 versus $315,700 in 17215, with median rent of $1,056 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.9% vs 88.8%. 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.