What is the population of Cresson borough?

Cresson borough has 1,499 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #788 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Cresson borough?

Median household income in Cresson borough is $57,841 a year, 26.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $675 a month and the median home value is $119,500, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cresson borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cresson, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cresson, Pennsylvania (Cresson, PA — Census place “Cresson borough”) is 1,499 residents, ranking #788 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $57,841, the median home is worth $119,500 and median gross rent runs $675 a month. Looking for the Cresson Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cresson, PA: 16630.

Population: 1,499Cresson borough residents
Median household income: $57,841Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $119,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $675Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69%Owner-occupied households

Cresson ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cresson.

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

16630

What the numbers mean in Cresson borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cresson borough median would spend about 14% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.1% of residents and 69% of households own their home.

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

Cresson borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cresson borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,499 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #788 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 43 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 Cresson borough earn a median of $57,841 a year, 26.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 19% 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 8.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cresson borough is valued at $119,500, 60.6% below the national figure and 38% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $675 a month, 52% below the national figure, or roughly $8,100 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14% 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 2.1×, 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. 69% 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 Cresson borough?: Cresson borough has 1,499 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #788 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Cresson borough?: Median household income in Cresson borough is $57,841 a year, 26.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cresson borough?: Median gross rent is $675 a month and the median home value is $119,500, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.
Is Cresson borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cresson borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cresson 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.