ZIP 19017 vs ZIP 19342

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19017 (Chester Heights, PA) and ZIP 19342 (Glen Mills, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19017 has a population of 348 at 151 people per square mile, while ZIP 19342 has 18,099 at 358 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 19017 reports a median household income of $166,917 against $132,688 in ZIP 19342, with per-capita income of $85,823 vs $65,494. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 77.6% in 19017 and 56.5% in 19342. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 3.7% — 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 $608,600 in 19017 versus $594,000 in 19342, with median rent of — and $2,380 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.6% vs 70.9%. 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.