What is the population of Marcus Hook borough?

Marcus Hook borough has 2,236 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #618 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Marcus Hook borough?

Median household income in Marcus Hook borough is $50,952 a year, 35.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,155 a month and the median home value is $108,000, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.

Is Marcus Hook 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 Marcus Hook borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Marcus Hook, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania (Marcus Hook, PA — Census place “Marcus Hook borough”) is 2,236 residents, ranking #618 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $50,952, the median home is worth $108,000 and median gross rent runs $1,155 a month. Looking for the Marcus Hook Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Marcus Hook, PA: 19061.

Population: 2,236Marcus Hook borough residents
Median household income: $50,952Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $108,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,155Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 33.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 31%Owner-occupied households

Marcus Hook ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Marcus Hook.

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

19061

What the numbers mean in Marcus Hook borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Marcus Hook borough median would spend about 27.2% 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 11.9% of residents and 31% of households own their home.

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

Marcus Hook borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Marcus Hook borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 2,236 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #618 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 69% of them. The median age here is 33.4 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 Marcus Hook borough earn a median of $50,952 a year, 35.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 28% 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 11.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Marcus Hook borough is valued at $108,000, 64.4% below the national figure and 44% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,155 a month, 17.9% below the national figure, or roughly $13,860 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.2% 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 2.1×, 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. 31% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Marcus Hook borough?: Marcus Hook borough has 2,236 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #618 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Marcus Hook borough?: Median household income in Marcus Hook borough is $50,952 a year, 35.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Marcus Hook borough?: Median gross rent is $1,155 a month and the median home value is $108,000, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.
Is Marcus Hook 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 Marcus Hook borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Marcus Hook 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.