What is the population of Quakertown borough?

Quakertown borough has 9,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Quakertown borough?

Median household income in Quakertown borough is $70,978 a year, 9.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,253 a month and the median home value is $253,200, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Quakertown borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Quakertown, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Quakertown, Pennsylvania (Quakertown, PA — Census place “Quakertown borough”) is 9,298 residents, ranking #100 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $70,978, the median home is worth $253,200 and median gross rent runs $1,253 a month. Looking for the Quakertown Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Quakertown, PA: 18951.

Population: 9,298Quakertown borough residents
Median household income: $70,978Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $253,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,253Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 53.7%Owner-occupied households

Quakertown ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Quakertown.

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

18951

What the numbers mean in Quakertown borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Quakertown borough median would spend about 21.2% 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 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.6% of residents and 53.7% of households own their home.

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

Quakertown borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Quakertown borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 9,298 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #100 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 37.1 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 Quakertown borough earn a median of $70,978 a year, 9.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and within a couple of points of 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 10.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Quakertown borough is valued at $253,200, 16.5% below the national figure and 31% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,253 a month, 10.9% below the national figure, or roughly $15,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.2% 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 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 53.7% 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.

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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What is the population of Quakertown borough?: Quakertown borough has 9,298 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Quakertown borough?: Median household income in Quakertown borough is $70,978 a year, 9.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Quakertown borough?: Median gross rent is $1,253 a month and the median home value is $253,200, so rent absorbs about 21.2% of median household income.
Is Quakertown borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Quakertown borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Quakertown 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.