What is the population of Central City borough?

Central City borough has 1,055 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #966 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Central City borough?

Median household income in Central City borough is $46,563 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $588 a month and the median home value is $72,700, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.

Is Central City borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Central City borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Central City, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Central City, Pennsylvania (Central City, PA — Census place “Central City borough”) is 1,055 residents, ranking #966 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $46,563, the median home is worth $72,700 and median gross rent runs $588 a month. Looking for the Central City Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Central City, PA: 15926.

Population: 1,055Central City borough residents
Median household income: $46,563Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $72,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $588Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 85.9%Owner-occupied households

Central City ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Central City.

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

15926

What the numbers mean in Central City borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Central City borough median would spend about 15.2% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.7% of residents and 85.9% of households own their home.

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

Central City borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Central City borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,055 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #966 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 43.9 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 Central City borough earn a median of $46,563 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 35% 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 15.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Central City borough is valued at $72,700, 76% below the national figure and 62% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $588 a month, 58.2% below the national figure, or roughly $7,056 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.2% 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 1.6×, 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. 85.9% 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Central City borough?: Central City borough has 1,055 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #966 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Central City borough?: Median household income in Central City borough is $46,563 a year, 40.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Central City borough?: Median gross rent is $588 a month and the median home value is $72,700, so rent absorbs about 15.2% of median household income.
Is Central City borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Central City borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Central City 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.