What is the population of Bangor borough?

Bangor borough has 5,158 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Bangor borough?

Median household income in Bangor borough is $63,542 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bangor borough?

Median gross rent is $1,049 a month and the median home value is $167,100, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.

Is Bangor 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 Bangor borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bangor, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bangor, Pennsylvania (Bangor, PA — Census place “Bangor borough”) is 5,158 residents, ranking #261 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $63,542, the median home is worth $167,100 and median gross rent runs $1,049 a month. Looking for the Bangor Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bangor, PA: 18013.

Population: 5,158Bangor borough residents
Median household income: $63,542Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $167,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,049Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.8%Owner-occupied households

Bangor ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bangor.

The Bangor PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

18013

What the numbers mean in Bangor borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bangor borough median would spend about 19.8% 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 10.3% of residents and 61.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bangor borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bangor borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,158 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #261 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 36.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bangor borough earn a median of $63,542 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 10.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bangor borough is valued at $167,100, 44.9% below the national figure and 14% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,049 a month, 25.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,588 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.8% 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. 61.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bangor borough?: Bangor borough has 5,158 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #261 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Bangor borough?: Median household income in Bangor borough is $63,542 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bangor borough?: Median gross rent is $1,049 a month and the median home value is $167,100, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
Is Bangor 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 Bangor borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bangor borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.