
Pennsylvania · Census place 26960
Foster Brook, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Foster Brook, Pennsylvania (Foster Brook, PA — Census place “Foster Brook CDP”) is 1,019 residents, ranking #983 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $69,659, the median home is worth $109,100 and median gross rent runs $709 a month. Looking for the Foster Brook Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Foster Brook, PA: 16701.
- Population
- 1,019Foster Brook CDP residents
- Median household income
- $69,659Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $109,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $709Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 49.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 91.5%Owner-occupied households
Foster Brook ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Foster Brook.
The Foster Brook PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Foster Brook CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Foster Brook CDP median would spend about 12.2% 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 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.6% of residents and 91.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Foster Brook CDP, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Foster Brook CDP is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,019 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #983 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 50% of them. The median age here is 49.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Foster Brook CDP earn a median of $69,659 a year, 11.3% 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. 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 9.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Foster Brook CDP is valued at $109,100, 64% below the national figure and 44% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $709 a month, 49.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,508 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.2% 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 1.6×, 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. 91.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.
- Blue Ridge Summit CDP 1,016
- Mount Wolf borough 1,021
- Calumet CDP 1,013
- Linesville borough 1,021
- Avonmore borough 1,008
- Terre Hill borough 1,024
- Black Lick CDP 1,008
- Paint borough 1,031
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Foster Brook CDP?
- Foster Brook CDP has 1,019 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #983 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Foster Brook CDP?
- Median household income in Foster Brook CDP is $69,659 a year, 11.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Foster Brook CDP?
- Median gross rent is $709 a month and the median home value is $109,100, so rent absorbs about 12.2% of median household income.
- Is Foster Brook CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Foster Brook CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Foster Brook CDP 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.