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Kirkwood, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kirkwood, Pennsylvania (Kirkwood, PA — Census place “Kirkwood CDP”) is 503 residents, ranking #1340 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $56,477, the median home is worth $298,200 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Kirkwood Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kirkwood, PA: 17536.

Population
503Kirkwood CDP residents
Median household income
$56,477Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$298,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
24.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
78.8%Owner-occupied households

Kirkwood ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kirkwood.

The Kirkwood 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 Kirkwood CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

The median home costs 5.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 45.7% of residents and 78.8% of households own their home.

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

Kirkwood CDP, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kirkwood CDP is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 503 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1340 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 33% of them. The median age here is 24.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Kirkwood CDP earn a median of $56,477 a year, 28.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% 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 45.7% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kirkwood CDP is valued at $298,200, 1.7% below the national figure and 54% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 78.8% 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.

A median age of 24.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 503 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Kirkwood CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld gross rent for Kirkwood CDP 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 Kirkwood CDP?
Kirkwood CDP has 503 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1340 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Kirkwood CDP?
Median household income in Kirkwood CDP is $56,477 a year, 28.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kirkwood CDP?
Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $298,200.
Is Kirkwood CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 5.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kirkwood CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market.
How current is this Kirkwood 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.