What is the population of Crafton borough?

Crafton borough has 5,995 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #213 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Crafton borough?

Median household income in Crafton borough is $71,458 a year, 9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,006 a month and the median home value is $193,600, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Crafton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Crafton, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Crafton, Pennsylvania (Crafton, PA — Census place “Crafton borough”) is 5,995 residents, ranking #213 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $71,458, the median home is worth $193,600 and median gross rent runs $1,006 a month. Looking for the Crafton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Crafton, PA: 15205.

Population: 5,995Crafton borough residents
Median household income: $71,458Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $193,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,006Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 55.1%Owner-occupied households

Crafton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Crafton.

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

15205

What the numbers mean in Crafton borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Crafton borough median would spend about 16.9% 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 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 55.1% of households own their home.

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

Crafton borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Crafton borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,995 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #213 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 43.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Crafton borough earn a median of $71,458 a year, 9% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Crafton borough is valued at $193,600, 36.2% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,006 a month, 28.4% below the national figure, or roughly $12,072 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.9% 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 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 55.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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

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What is the population of Crafton borough?: Crafton borough has 5,995 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #213 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Crafton borough?: Median household income in Crafton borough is $71,458 a year, 9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Crafton borough?: Median gross rent is $1,006 a month and the median home value is $193,600, so rent absorbs about 16.9% of median household income.
Is Crafton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Crafton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Crafton 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.