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Schellsburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Schellsburg, Pennsylvania (Schellsburg, PA — Census place “Schellsburg borough”) is 325 residents, ranking #1548 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $67,917, the median home is worth $120,600 and median gross rent runs $763 a month. Looking for the Schellsburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Schellsburg, PA: 15559.
- Population
- 325Schellsburg borough residents
- Median household income
- $67,917Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $120,600Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $763Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.4%Owner-occupied households
Schellsburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Schellsburg.
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What the numbers mean in Schellsburg borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Schellsburg borough median would spend about 13.5% 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15% of residents and 64.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Schellsburg borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Schellsburg borough is a very small community in Pennsylvania, with 325 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1548 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 22% of them. The median age here is 43.8 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 Schellsburg borough earn a median of $67,917 a year, 13.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 5% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 15% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Schellsburg borough is valued at $120,600, 60.3% below the national figure and 38% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $763 a month, 45.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,156 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.5% 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 1.8×, 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. 64.4% 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.
With 325 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Schellsburg borough against its county rather than against national figures.
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.
- 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 Schellsburg borough?
- Schellsburg borough has 325 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #1548 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Schellsburg borough?
- Median household income in Schellsburg borough is $67,917 a year, 13.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Schellsburg borough?
- Median gross rent is $763 a month and the median home value is $120,600, so rent absorbs about 13.5% of median household income.
- Is Schellsburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Schellsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Schellsburg 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.