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Highspire, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Highspire, Pennsylvania (Highspire, PA — Census place “Highspire borough”) is 2,729 residents, ranking #518 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $50,689, the median home is worth $113,500 and median gross rent runs $993 a month. Looking for the Highspire Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Highspire, PA: 17034.
- Population
- 2,729Highspire borough residents
- Median household income
- $50,689Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $113,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $993Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 41%Owner-occupied households
Highspire ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Highspire.
The Highspire 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 Highspire borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Highspire borough median would spend about 23.5% 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 14% of residents and 41% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Highspire borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Highspire borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,729 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #518 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 74% of them. The median age here is 34.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Highspire borough earn a median of $50,689 a year, 35.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% 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 14% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Highspire borough is valued at $113,500, 62.6% below the national figure and 41% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $993 a month, 29.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,916 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 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. 41% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
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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Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Highspire borough?
- Highspire borough has 2,729 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #518 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Highspire borough?
- Median household income in Highspire borough is $50,689 a year, 35.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Highspire borough?
- Median gross rent is $993 a month and the median home value is $113,500, so rent absorbs about 23.5% of median household income.
- Is Highspire borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Highspire borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Highspire 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.