Pennsylvania · Census place 48480
Media borough, PA
Quick answer
Media borough has 5,868 residents, ranking #222 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $86,219, the median home is worth $398,400 and median gross rent runs $1,359 a month.
- Population
- 5,868Media borough residents
- Median household income
- $86,219Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $398,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,359Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 38.1%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Media borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Media borough median would spend about 18.9% 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 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.1% of residents and 38.1% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Norwood borough 5,915
- Enola CDP 5,913
- Stroudsburg borough 5,898
- McKees Rocks borough 5,827
- Shippensburg borough 5,811
- Merion Station CDP 5,796
- Sierra View CDP 5,795
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