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Cochranton, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Cochranton, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA — Census place “Cochranton borough”) is 1,193 residents, ranking #905 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $58,864, the median home is worth $137,500 and median gross rent runs $718 a month. Looking for the Cochranton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cochranton, PA: 16314.
- Population
- 1,193Cochranton borough residents
- Median household income
- $58,864Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $137,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $718Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.3%Owner-occupied households
Cochranton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cochranton.
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What the numbers mean in Cochranton borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Cochranton borough median would spend about 14.6% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.5% of residents and 70.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cochranton borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Cochranton borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,193 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #905 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 54% of them. The median age here is 43.5 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 Cochranton borough earn a median of $58,864 a year, 25.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% 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 9.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Cochranton borough is valued at $137,500, 54.7% below the national figure and 29% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $718 a month, 48.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,616 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.6% 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 2.3×, 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. 70.3% 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
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- Mifflinville CDP 1,191
- South Uniontown CDP 1,201
- Rose Valley borough 1,190
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Cochranton borough?
- Cochranton borough has 1,193 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #905 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Cochranton borough?
- Median household income in Cochranton borough is $58,864 a year, 25.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cochranton borough?
- Median gross rent is $718 a month and the median home value is $137,500, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.
- Is Cochranton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cochranton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Cochranton 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.