ZIP 19550 vs ZIP 17087

This side-by-side compares ZIP 19550 (Rehrersburg, PA) and ZIP 17087 (Richland, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 19550 has a population of 641 at 154 people per square mile, while ZIP 17087 has 2,767 at 87 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 19550 reports a median household income of $58,958 against $93,150 in ZIP 17087, with per-capita income of $21,830 vs $39,466. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.1% in 19550 and 21.9% in 17087. Poverty rate reads 46.1% vs 3.3%, and unemployment 12.2% vs 2.8% — 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 $212,500 in 19550 versus $225,200 in 17087, with median rent of — and $903 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.1% vs 79.5%. 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.