ZIP 17752 vs ZIP 17887

This side-by-side compares ZIP 17752 (Montgomery, PA) and ZIP 17887 (White Deer, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 17752 has a population of 4,635 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 17887 has 1,778 at 609 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 17752 reports a median household income of $71,118 against — in ZIP 17887, with per-capita income of $32,313 vs $19,312. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.1% in 17752 and 5.5% in 17887. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 3.2% 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 $186,700 in 17752 versus $160,400 in 17887, with median rent of $1,048 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.8% vs 78.6%. 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.