ZIP 18622 vs ZIP 17878

This side-by-side compares ZIP 18622 (Huntington Mills, PA) and ZIP 17878 (Stillwater, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 18622 has a population of 257 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 17878 has 1,528 at 28 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 18622 reports a median household income of $63,750 against $68,125 in ZIP 17878, with per-capita income of $31,398 vs $44,054. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.9% in 18622 and 22.5% in 17878. Poverty rate reads 13.9% vs 7.6%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.7% — 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 $196,400 in 18622 versus $214,100 in 17878, with median rent of — and $1,083 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 86.6%. 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.