ZIP 17371 vs ZIP 17408

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17371 (York New Salem, PA) and ZIP 17408 (York, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17371 has a population of 257 at 496 people per square mile, while ZIP 17408 has 22,507 at 336 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 17371 reports a median household income of $106,856 against $94,565 in ZIP 17408, with per-capita income of $37,004 vs $42,819. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 5.9% in 17371 and 28.1% in 17408. Poverty rate reads 3.2% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 2.0% — 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 $198,300 in 17371 versus $251,800 in 17408, with median rent of — and $1,561 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 98.5% vs 74.1%. 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.