ZIP 17324 vs ZIP 17304

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17324 (Gardners, PA) and ZIP 17304 (Aspers, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17324 has a population of 4,219 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 17304 has 3,059 at 49 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 17324 reports a median household income of $77,824 against $84,885 in ZIP 17304, with per-capita income of $36,373 vs $37,361. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.4% in 17324 and 20.1% in 17304. Poverty rate reads 4.6% vs 7.9%, and unemployment 4.5% vs 2.5% — 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 $254,100 in 17324 versus $248,000 in 17304, with median rent of $869 and $1,122 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.0% vs 85.3%. 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.