What is the population of Cressona borough?

Cressona borough has 1,303 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #859 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Cressona borough?

Median household income in Cressona borough is $71,010 a year, 9.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $888 a month and the median home value is $153,500, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.

Is Cressona 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 Cressona borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cressona, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cressona, Pennsylvania (Cressona, PA — Census place “Cressona borough”) is 1,303 residents, ranking #859 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $71,010, the median home is worth $153,500 and median gross rent runs $888 a month. Looking for the Cressona Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cressona, PA: 17929.

Population: 1,303Cressona borough residents
Median household income: $71,010Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $153,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $888Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.2%Owner-occupied households

Cressona ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cressona.

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

17929

What the numbers mean in Cressona borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cressona borough median would spend about 15% 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 5.5% of residents and 73.2% of households own their home.

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

Cressona borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cressona borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,303 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #859 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 38.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Cressona borough earn a median of $71,010 a year, 9.6% 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. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 5.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cressona borough is valued at $153,500, 49.4% below the national figure and 21% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $888 a month, 36.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,656 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15% 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. 73.2% 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 Cressona borough?: Cressona borough has 1,303 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #859 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Cressona borough?: Median household income in Cressona borough is $71,010 a year, 9.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cressona borough?: Median gross rent is $888 a month and the median home value is $153,500, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.
Is Cressona 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 Cressona borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cressona 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.