ZIP 17240 vs ZIP 17210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17240 (Newburg, PA) and ZIP 17210 (Amberson, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17240 has a population of 3,345 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 17210 has 193 at 6 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 17240 reports a median household income of $91,429 against $62,344 in ZIP 17210, with per-capita income of $35,767 vs $28,248. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.4% in 17240 and 14.3% in 17210. Poverty rate reads 6.8% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 6.1% — 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 $256,300 in 17240 versus $223,200 in 17210, with median rent of $1,359 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.5% vs 89.0%. 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.