ZIP 17322 vs ZIP 17356

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17322 (Felton, PA) and ZIP 17356 (Red Lion, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17322 has a population of 6,012 at 61 people per square mile, while ZIP 17356 has 21,610 at 257 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 17322 reports a median household income of $103,152 against $86,561 in ZIP 17356, with per-capita income of $49,179 vs $40,461. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.7% in 17322 and 21.1% in 17356. Poverty rate reads 2.3% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 4.5% — 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 $261,600 in 17322 versus $240,500 in 17356, with median rent of $1,250 and $1,051 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.8% vs 75.7%. 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.