What is the population of Southwest Greensburg borough?

Southwest Greensburg borough has 1,927 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #677 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Southwest Greensburg borough?

Median household income in Southwest Greensburg borough is $63,125 a year, 19.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $163,400, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.

Is Southwest Greensburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Southwest Greensburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Southwest Greensburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Southwest Greensburg, Pennsylvania (Southwest Greensburg, PA — Census place “Southwest Greensburg borough”) is 1,927 residents, ranking #677 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $63,125, the median home is worth $163,400 and median gross rent runs $927 a month. Looking for the Southwest Greensburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Southwest Greensburg, PA: 15601.

Population: 1,927Southwest Greensburg borough residents
Median household income: $63,125Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $163,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $927Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.3%Owner-occupied households

Southwest Greensburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Southwest Greensburg.

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

15601

What the numbers mean in Southwest Greensburg borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Southwest Greensburg borough median would spend about 17.6% 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 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 57.3% of households own their home.

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

Southwest Greensburg borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Southwest Greensburg borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,927 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #677 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 42.3 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 Southwest Greensburg borough earn a median of $63,125 a year, 19.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Southwest Greensburg borough is valued at $163,400, 46.1% below the national figure and 15% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $927 a month, 34.1% below the national figure, or roughly $11,124 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.6% 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 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 57.3% 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.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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 Southwest Greensburg borough?: Southwest Greensburg borough has 1,927 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #677 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Southwest Greensburg borough?: Median household income in Southwest Greensburg borough is $63,125 a year, 19.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Southwest Greensburg borough?: Median gross rent is $927 a month and the median home value is $163,400, so rent absorbs about 17.6% of median household income.
Is Southwest Greensburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Southwest Greensburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Southwest Greensburg 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.