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Millersville, PA population, income and ZIP codes

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The population of the city of Millersville, Pennsylvania (Millersville, PA — Census place “Millersville borough”) is 8,711 residents, ranking #121 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $65,721, the median home is worth $265,500 and median gross rent runs $1,322 a month. Looking for the Millersville Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Millersville, PA: 17551.

Population
8,711Millersville borough residents
Median household income
$65,721Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$265,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,322Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
22.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
53.8%Owner-occupied households

Millersville ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Millersville.

The Millersville 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 Millersville borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Millersville borough median would spend about 24.1% 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 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 24.5% of residents and 53.8% of households own their home.

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

Millersville borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Millersville borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 8,711 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #121 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 22.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Millersville borough earn a median of $65,721 a year, 16.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% 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 24.5% 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 Millersville borough is valued at $265,500, 12.5% below the national figure and 37% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,322 a month, 6% below the national figure, or roughly $15,864 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.1% 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 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 53.8% 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.

A median age of 22.5 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.

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 Millersville borough?
Millersville borough has 8,711 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #121 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Millersville borough?
Median household income in Millersville borough is $65,721 a year, 16.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Millersville borough?
Median gross rent is $1,322 a month and the median home value is $265,500, so rent absorbs about 24.1% of median household income.
Is Millersville borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Millersville borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Millersville 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.