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Phoenixville, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Phoenixville, PA — Census place “Phoenixville borough”) is 19,062 residents, ranking #35 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $94,411, the median home is worth $348,200 and median gross rent runs $1,563 a month. Looking for the Phoenixville Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Phoenixville, PA: 19460.
- Population
- 19,062Phoenixville borough residents
- Median household income
- $94,411Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $348,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,563Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 35.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 52.4%Owner-occupied households
Phoenixville ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Phoenixville.
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What the numbers mean in Phoenixville borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Phoenixville borough median would spend about 19.9% 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 3.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 52.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Phoenixville borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Phoenixville borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 19,062 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #35 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Phoenixville borough earn a median of $94,411 a year, 20.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 33% above 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 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Phoenixville borough is valued at $348,200, 14.8% above the national figure and 80% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,563 a month, 11.2% above the national figure, or roughly $18,756 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.9% 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 3.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 52.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Lansdale borough 18,865
- West Chester borough 19,235
- Johnstown city 18,245
- West Mifflin borough 19,338
- Colonial Park CDP 18,125
- Murrysville municipality 20,839
- McKeesport city 17,520
- Baldwin borough 21,159
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Phoenixville borough?
- Phoenixville borough has 19,062 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #35 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Phoenixville borough?
- Median household income in Phoenixville borough is $94,411 a year, 20.2% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Phoenixville borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,563 a month and the median home value is $348,200, so rent absorbs about 19.9% of median household income.
- Is Phoenixville borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Phoenixville borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Phoenixville 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.