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Houtzdale, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Houtzdale, Pennsylvania (Houtzdale, PA — Census place “Houtzdale borough”) is 858 residents, ranking #1064 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $62,083, the median home is worth $96,400 and median gross rent runs $725 a month. Looking for the Houtzdale Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Houtzdale, PA: 16651.
- Population
- 858Houtzdale borough residents
- Median household income
- $62,083Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $96,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $725Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.6 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 78.6%Owner-occupied households
Houtzdale ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Houtzdale.
The Houtzdale 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 Houtzdale borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Houtzdale borough median would spend about 14% 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 9.3% of residents and 78.6% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Houtzdale borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Houtzdale borough is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 858 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1064 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 46% of them. The median age here is 36.6 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 Houtzdale borough earn a median of $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% 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 9.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Houtzdale borough is valued at $96,400, 68.2% below the national figure and 50% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $725 a month, 48.4% below the national figure, or roughly $8,700 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14% 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. 78.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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 858 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Houtzdale borough against its county rather than against national figures.
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.
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- Millville borough 1,008
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- Avonmore borough 1,008
- Calumet CDP 1,013
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Houtzdale borough?
- Houtzdale borough has 858 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1064 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Houtzdale borough?
- Median household income in Houtzdale borough is $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Houtzdale borough?
- Median gross rent is $725 a month and the median home value is $96,400, so rent absorbs about 14% of median household income.
- Is Houtzdale borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Houtzdale borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Houtzdale 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.