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Ellwood City, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Ellwood City, Pennsylvania (Ellwood City, PA — Census place “Ellwood City borough”) is 7,575 residents, ranking #153 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $62,266, the median home is worth $120,400 and median gross rent runs $836 a month. Looking for the Ellwood City Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Ellwood City, PA: 16117.
- Population
- 7,575Ellwood City borough residents
- Median household income
- $62,266Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $120,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $836Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.5%Owner-occupied households
Ellwood City ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ellwood City.
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What the numbers mean in Ellwood City borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Ellwood City borough median would spend about 16.1% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.2% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Ellwood City borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Ellwood City borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 7,575 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #153 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 45.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Ellwood City borough earn a median of $62,266 a year, 20.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% 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 10.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Ellwood City borough is valued at $120,400, 60.3% below the national figure and 38% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $836 a month, 40.5% below the national figure, or roughly $10,032 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.1% 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 1.9×, 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. 71.5% 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.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Blandon CDP 7,546
- Lower Allen CDP 7,582
- New Cumberland borough 7,531
- Pittston city 7,618
- White Oak borough 7,520
- Middletown CDP 7,620
- DuBois city 7,449
- Ancient Oaks CDP 7,731
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Ellwood City borough?
- Ellwood City borough has 7,575 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #153 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Ellwood City borough?
- Median household income in Ellwood City borough is $62,266 a year, 20.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ellwood City borough?
- Median gross rent is $836 a month and the median home value is $120,400, so rent absorbs about 16.1% of median household income.
- Is Ellwood City borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ellwood City borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Ellwood City 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.