What is the population of Lewistown borough?

Lewistown borough has 8,505 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #123 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Lewistown borough?

Median household income in Lewistown borough is $40,179 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $765 a month and the median home value is $98,600, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lewistown borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lewistown, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Lewistown, PA — Census place “Lewistown borough”) is 8,505 residents, ranking #123 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $40,179, the median home is worth $98,600 and median gross rent runs $765 a month. Looking for the Lewistown Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lewistown, PA: 17044.

Population: 8,505Lewistown borough residents
Median household income: $40,179Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $98,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $765Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 40.6%Owner-occupied households

Lewistown ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lewistown.

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

17044

What the numbers mean in Lewistown borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lewistown borough median would spend about 22.8% 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 2.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 32.5% of residents and 40.6% of households own their home.

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

Lewistown borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lewistown borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 8,505 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #123 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 37.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lewistown borough earn a median of $40,179 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% 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 32.5% 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 Lewistown borough is valued at $98,600, 67.5% below the national figure and 49% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $765 a month, 45.6% below the national figure, or roughly $9,180 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.8% 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 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 40.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. 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 Lewistown borough?: Lewistown borough has 8,505 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #123 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Lewistown borough?: Median household income in Lewistown borough is $40,179 a year, 48.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lewistown borough?: Median gross rent is $765 a month and the median home value is $98,600, so rent absorbs about 22.8% of median household income.
Is Lewistown borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lewistown borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lewistown borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.