What is the population of Knox borough?

Knox borough has 1,032 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #978 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Knox borough?

Median household income in Knox borough is $55,380 a year, 29.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $835 a month and the median home value is $117,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Knox borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Knox, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Knox, Pennsylvania (Knox, PA — Census place “Knox borough”) is 1,032 residents, ranking #978 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $55,380, the median home is worth $117,800 and median gross rent runs $835 a month. Looking for the Knox Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Knox, PA: 16232.

Population: 1,032Knox borough residents
Median household income: $55,380Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $117,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $835Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 62.6%Owner-occupied households

Knox ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Knox.

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

16232

What the numbers mean in Knox borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Knox borough median would spend about 18.1% 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 2.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.1% of residents and 62.6% of households own their home.

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

Knox borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Knox borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,032 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #978 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 37.3 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 Knox borough earn a median of $55,380 a year, 29.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 12.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Knox borough is valued at $117,800, 61.2% below the national figure and 39% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $835 a month, 40.6% below the national figure, or roughly $10,020 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.1% 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 2.1×, 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. 62.6% 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.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Knox borough?: Knox borough has 1,032 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #978 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Knox borough?: Median household income in Knox borough is $55,380 a year, 29.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Knox borough?: Median gross rent is $835 a month and the median home value is $117,800, so rent absorbs about 18.1% of median household income.
Is Knox borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Knox borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Knox 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.