
Pennsylvania · Census place 56792
Olyphant, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Olyphant, Pennsylvania (Olyphant, PA — Census place “Olyphant borough”) is 5,370 residents, ranking #250 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $63,516, the median home is worth $143,400 and median gross rent runs $889 a month. Looking for the Olyphant Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Olyphant, PA: 18447, 18512.
- Population
- 5,370Olyphant borough residents
- Median household income
- $63,516Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $143,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $889Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 68.3%Owner-occupied households
Olyphant ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Olyphant.
The Olyphant PA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Olyphant borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Olyphant borough median would spend about 16.8% 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 2.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10% of residents and 68.3% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Olyphant borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Olyphant borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,370 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #250 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Olyphant borough earn a median of $63,516 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% 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 10% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Olyphant borough is valued at $143,400, 52.7% below the national figure and 26% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $889 a month, 36.8% below the national figure, or roughly $10,668 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.3×, 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. 68.3% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Whitfield CDP 5,346
- Pennside CDP 5,406
- Edinboro borough 5,303
- Trooper CDP 5,408
- Lehighton borough 5,268
- Tyrone borough 5,421
- Fox Chapel borough 5,264
- Chesterbrook CDP 5,439
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Olyphant borough?
- Olyphant borough has 5,370 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #250 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Olyphant borough?
- Median household income in Olyphant borough is $63,516 a year, 19.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Olyphant borough?
- Median gross rent is $889 a month and the median home value is $143,400, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Olyphant borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Olyphant borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Olyphant 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.