ZIP 18017 vs ZIP 18016

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18017 (Bethlehem, PA) and ZIP 18016 (Bethlehem, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18017 has a population of 37,549 at 897 people per square mile, while ZIP 18016 has 0. 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 18017 reports a median household income of $91,173 against — in ZIP 18016, with per-capita income of $46,344 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 40.9% in 18017 and — in 18016. Poverty rate reads 10.5% vs —, and unemployment 5.3% vs — — 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 $336,100 in 18017 versus — in 18016, with median rent of $1,597 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.0% vs —. 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.