What is the population of Blakely borough?

Blakely borough has 6,661 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Blakely borough?

Median household income in Blakely borough is $59,858 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $988 a month and the median home value is $183,600, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.

Is Blakely borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blakely 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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Blakely, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Blakely, Pennsylvania (Blakely, PA — Census place “Blakely borough”) is 6,661 residents, ranking #184 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $59,858, the median home is worth $183,600 and median gross rent runs $988 a month. Looking for the Blakely Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Blakely, PA: 18447, 18452.

Population: 6,661Blakely borough residents
Median household income: $59,858Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $183,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $988Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 52.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 67.1%Owner-occupied households

Blakely ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Blakely.

The Blakely PA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Blakely borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Blakely 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 3.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 67.1% of households own their home.

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

Blakely borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Blakely borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 6,661 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #184 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 52.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Blakely borough earn a median of $59,858 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below 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 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Blakely borough is valued at $183,600, 39.5% below the national figure and 5% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $988 a month, 29.7% below the national figure, or roughly $11,856 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 3.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 67.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 52.8 puts Blakely borough well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Blakely borough?: Blakely borough has 6,661 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #184 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Blakely borough?: Median household income in Blakely borough is $59,858 a year, 23.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Blakely borough?: Median gross rent is $988 a month and the median home value is $183,600, so rent absorbs about 19.8% of median household income.
Is Blakely borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blakely 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 Blakely 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.