What is the population of Irwin borough?

Irwin borough has 3,862 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #379 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Irwin borough?

Median household income in Irwin borough is $60,747 a year, 22.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $954 a month and the median home value is $198,700, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Irwin borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Irwin, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Irwin, Pennsylvania (Irwin, PA — Census place “Irwin borough”) is 3,862 residents, ranking #379 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $60,747, the median home is worth $198,700 and median gross rent runs $954 a month. Looking for the Irwin Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Irwin, PA: 15642.

Population: 3,862Irwin borough residents
Median household income: $60,747Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $954Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 45.3%Owner-occupied households

Irwin ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Irwin.

The Irwin PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

15642

What the numbers mean in Irwin borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Irwin borough median would spend about 18.8% 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 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.8% of residents and 45.3% of households own their home.

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

Irwin borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Irwin borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 3,862 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #379 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 38.5 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 Irwin borough earn a median of $60,747 a year, 22.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below 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 16.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Irwin borough is valued at $198,700, 34.5% below the national figure and 3% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $954 a month, 32.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,448 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% 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 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 45.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Irwin borough?: Irwin borough has 3,862 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #379 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Irwin borough?: Median household income in Irwin borough is $60,747 a year, 22.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Irwin borough?: Median gross rent is $954 a month and the median home value is $198,700, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
Is Irwin borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Irwin borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Irwin 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.