What is the population of Gilberton borough?

Gilberton borough has 608 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1251 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Gilberton borough?

Median household income in Gilberton borough is $60,417 a year, 23.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $35,600.

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

Homes cost about 0.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilberton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.

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Gilberton, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Gilberton, Pennsylvania (Gilberton, PA — Census place “Gilberton borough”) is 608 residents, ranking #1251 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $60,417, the median home is worth $35,600 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Gilberton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Gilberton, PA: 17934, 17949.

Population: 608Gilberton borough residents
Median household income: $60,417Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $35,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: —Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 87.8%Owner-occupied households

Gilberton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Gilberton.

The Gilberton PA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Gilberton borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 0.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.4% of residents and 87.8% of households own their home.

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

Gilberton borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Gilberton borough is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 608 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1251 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 37% of them. The median age here is 44.1 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 Gilberton borough earn a median of $60,417 a year, 23.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 10.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Gilberton borough is valued at $35,600, 88.3% below the national figure and 82% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 0.6×, 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. 87.8% 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. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 608 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Gilberton borough against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for Gilberton borough because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Gilberton borough?: Gilberton borough has 608 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1251 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Gilberton borough?: Median household income in Gilberton borough is $60,417 a year, 23.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Gilberton borough?: Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $35,600.
Is Gilberton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 0.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Gilberton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Gilberton 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.