
Pennsylvania · Census place 62744
Prompton, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Prompton, Pennsylvania (Prompton, PA — Census place “Prompton borough”) is 214 residents, ranking #1690 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $82,500, the median home is worth $165,800 and median gross rent runs $1,028 a month. Looking for the Prompton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Prompton, PA: 18456.
- Population
- 214Prompton borough residents
- Median household income
- $82,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $165,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,028Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 45 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 77%Owner-occupied households
Prompton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Prompton.
The Prompton 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 Prompton borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Prompton borough median would spend about 15% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.8% of residents and 77% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Prompton borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Prompton borough is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 214 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1690 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 15% of them. The median age here is 45 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Prompton borough earn a median of $82,500 a year, 5% above the national figure of $78,538 and 16% 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 3.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Prompton borough is valued at $165,800, 45.4% below the national figure and 14% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,028 a month, 26.9% below the national figure, or roughly $12,336 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15% 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×, 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. 77% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 214 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Prompton borough against its county rather than against national figures.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Pennsylvania.
- Philadelphia city 1,582,432
- Pittsburgh city 303,620
- Allentown city 125,320
- Reading city 94,836
- Erie city 94,156
- Bethlehem city 77,069
- Scranton city 76,074
- Lancaster city 57,683
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Prompton borough?
- Prompton borough has 214 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1690 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Prompton borough?
- Median household income in Prompton borough is $82,500 a year, 5% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Prompton borough?
- Median gross rent is $1,028 a month and the median home value is $165,800, so rent absorbs about 15% of median household income.
- Is Prompton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Prompton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Prompton 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.