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Laureldale, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Laureldale, Pennsylvania (Laureldale, PA — Census place “Laureldale borough”) is 4,259 residents, ranking #329 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $64,792, the median home is worth $169,100 and median gross rent runs $1,249 a month. Looking for the Laureldale Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Laureldale, PA: 19605.
- Population
- 4,259Laureldale borough residents
- Median household income
- $64,792Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $169,100Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,249Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 81%Owner-occupied households
Laureldale ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Laureldale.
The Laureldale 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 Laureldale borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Laureldale borough median would spend about 23.1% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.1% of residents and 81% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Laureldale borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Laureldale borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 4,259 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #329 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 83% 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 Laureldale borough earn a median of $64,792 a year, 17.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% 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 12.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Laureldale borough is valued at $169,100, 44.3% below the national figure and 12% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,249 a month, 11.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,988 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.1% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 81% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Shenandoah borough 4,256
- Boyertown borough 4,264
- North Braddock borough 4,255
- Slatington borough 4,277
- Larksville borough 4,248
- Tarentum borough 4,286
- Farrell city 4,239
- Sinking Spring borough 4,288
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Laureldale borough?
- Laureldale borough has 4,259 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #329 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Laureldale borough?
- Median household income in Laureldale borough is $64,792 a year, 17.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Laureldale borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,249 a month and the median home value is $169,100, so rent absorbs about 23.1% of median household income.
- Is Laureldale borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Laureldale borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Laureldale 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.