What is the population of Paxtang borough?

Paxtang borough has 1,617 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #746 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Paxtang borough?

Median household income in Paxtang borough is $83,571 a year, 6.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,085 a month and the median home value is $179,900, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paxtang borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Paxtang, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Paxtang, Pennsylvania (Paxtang, PA — Census place “Paxtang borough”) is 1,617 residents, ranking #746 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $83,571, the median home is worth $179,900 and median gross rent runs $1,085 a month. Looking for the Paxtang Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Paxtang, PA: 17111.

Population: 1,617Paxtang borough residents
Median household income: $83,571Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $179,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,085Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 76.9%Owner-occupied households

Paxtang ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Paxtang.

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

17111

What the numbers mean in Paxtang borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Paxtang borough median would spend about 15.6% 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 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.2% of residents and 76.9% of households own their home.

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

Paxtang borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Paxtang borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,617 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #746 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 62% of them. The median age here is 36.7 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 Paxtang borough earn a median of $83,571 a year, 6.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 18% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 9.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Paxtang borough is valued at $179,900, 40.7% below the national figure and 7% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,085 a month, 22.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,020 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.6% 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 2.2×, 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. 76.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Paxtang borough?: Paxtang borough has 1,617 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #746 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Paxtang borough?: Median household income in Paxtang borough is $83,571 a year, 6.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Paxtang borough?: Median gross rent is $1,085 a month and the median home value is $179,900, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.
Is Paxtang borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Paxtang borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Paxtang 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.