ZIP 21766 vs ZIP 17211

This side-by-side compares ZIP 21766 (Little Orleans, MD) and ZIP 17211 (Artemas, PA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 21766 has a population of 700 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 17211 has 368 at 6 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 21766 reports a median household income of $62,054 against $53,750 in ZIP 17211, with per-capita income of $30,348 vs $32,994. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 31.5% in 21766 and 14.7% in 17211. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.0% — 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 $221,100 in 21766 versus $169,400 in 17211, with median rent of $736 and $479 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% 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.