
Pennsylvania · Census place 31716
Guilford, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Guilford, Pennsylvania (Guilford, PA — Census place “Guilford CDP”) is 3,673 residents, ranking #392 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $121,112, the median home is worth $270,800 and median gross rent runs $1,135 a month. Looking for the Guilford Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Guilford, PA: 17202.
- Population
- 3,673Guilford CDP residents
- Median household income
- $121,112Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $270,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,135Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 47.3 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81.1%Owner-occupied households
Guilford ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Guilford.
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What the numbers mean in Guilford CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Guilford CDP median would spend about 11.2% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 1.5% of residents and 81.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Guilford CDP, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Guilford CDP is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 3,673 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #392 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 80% of them. The median age here is 47.3 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 Guilford CDP earn a median of $121,112 a year, 54.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 70% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 1.5% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Guilford CDP is valued at $270,800, 10.7% below the national figure and 40% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,135 a month, 19.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,620 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.2% 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 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. 81.1% 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.
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.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Guilford CDP?
- Guilford CDP has 3,673 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #392 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Guilford CDP?
- Median household income in Guilford CDP is $121,112 a year, 54.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Guilford CDP?
- Median gross rent is $1,135 a month and the median home value is $270,800, so rent absorbs about 11.2% of median household income.
- Is Guilford CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Guilford CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Guilford 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.