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Frackville, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Frackville, Pennsylvania (Frackville, PA — Census place “Frackville borough”) is 3,860 residents, ranking #380 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $56,394, the median home is worth $99,700 and median gross rent runs $711 a month. Looking for the Frackville Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Frackville, PA: 17931.
- Population
- 3,860Frackville borough residents
- Median household income
- $56,394Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $99,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $711Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 78.3%Owner-occupied households
Frackville ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Frackville.
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What the numbers mean in Frackville borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Frackville borough median would spend about 15.1% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.2% of residents and 78.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Frackville borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Frackville borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 3,860 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #380 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 41.5 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 Frackville borough earn a median of $56,394 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% 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 17.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Frackville borough is valued at $99,700, 67.1% below the national figure and 48% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $711 a month, 49.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,532 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.1% 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 1.8×, 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. 78.3% 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Sewickley borough 3,850
- Irwin borough 3,862
- Freeland borough 3,830
- Shrewsbury borough 3,866
- Elim CDP 3,828
- Berwyn CDP 3,867
- Meridian CDP 3,809
- Baden borough 3,867
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Frackville borough?
- Frackville borough has 3,860 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #380 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Frackville borough?
- Median household income in Frackville borough is $56,394 a year, 28.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Frackville borough?
- Median gross rent is $711 a month and the median home value is $99,700, so rent absorbs about 15.1% of median household income.
- Is Frackville borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Frackville borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Frackville 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.