What is the population of Blossburg borough?

Blossburg borough has 1,763 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #707 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Blossburg borough?

Median household income in Blossburg borough is $66,962 a year, 14.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $148,000, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blossburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Blossburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Blossburg, Pennsylvania (Blossburg, PA — Census place “Blossburg borough”) is 1,763 residents, ranking #707 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $66,962, the median home is worth $148,000 and median gross rent runs $972 a month. Looking for the Blossburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Blossburg, PA: 16912.

Population: 1,763Blossburg borough residents
Median household income: $66,962Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $148,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $972Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.6%Owner-occupied households

Blossburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Blossburg.

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

16912

What the numbers mean in Blossburg borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Blossburg borough median would spend about 17.4% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.5% of residents and 68.6% of households own their home.

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

Blossburg borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Blossburg borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,763 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #707 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 64% of them. The median age here is 39.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. 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 Blossburg borough earn a median of $66,962 a year, 14.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 11.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Blossburg borough is valued at $148,000, 51.2% below the national figure and 23% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $972 a month, 30.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,664 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% 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 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Blossburg borough?: Blossburg borough has 1,763 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #707 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Blossburg borough?: Median household income in Blossburg borough is $66,962 a year, 14.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Blossburg borough?: Median gross rent is $972 a month and the median home value is $148,000, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
Is Blossburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Blossburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Blossburg 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.