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Adamstown, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Adamstown, Pennsylvania (Adamstown, PA — Census place “Adamstown borough”) is 2,387 residents, ranking #584 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $102,375, the median home is worth $263,000 and median gross rent runs $1,233 a month. Looking for the Adamstown Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Adamstown, PA: 19501.
- Population
- 2,387Adamstown borough residents
- Median household income
- $102,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $263,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,233Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81.9%Owner-occupied households
Adamstown ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Adamstown.
The Adamstown PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Adamstown borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Adamstown borough median would spend about 14.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 81.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Adamstown borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Adamstown borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,387 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #584 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 32.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Adamstown borough earn a median of $102,375 a year, 30.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Adamstown borough is valued at $263,000, 13.3% below the national figure and 36% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,233 a month, 12.3% below the national figure, or roughly $14,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Coopersburg borough 2,384
- Lake Meade CDP 2,398
- Andalusia CDP 2,376
- Nanty-Glo borough 2,399
- Tullytown borough 2,367
- Berlin borough 2,407
- Cambridge Springs borough 2,357
- Coudersport borough 2,409
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Adamstown borough?
- Adamstown borough has 2,387 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #584 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Adamstown borough?
- Median household income in Adamstown borough is $102,375 a year, 30.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Adamstown borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,233 a month and the median home value is $263,000, so rent absorbs about 14.5% of median household income.
- Is Adamstown borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Adamstown borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Adamstown borough data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.