What is the population of Stroudsburg borough?

Stroudsburg borough has 5,898 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #221 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Stroudsburg borough?

Median household income in Stroudsburg borough is $60,868 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,523 a month and the median home value is $212,700, so rent absorbs about 30% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stroudsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Stroudsburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania (Stroudsburg, PA — Census place “Stroudsburg borough”) is 5,898 residents, ranking #221 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $60,868, the median home is worth $212,700 and median gross rent runs $1,523 a month. Looking for the Stroudsburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stroudsburg, PA: 18360.

Population: 5,898Stroudsburg borough residents
Median household income: $60,868Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $212,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,523Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 42.7%Owner-occupied households

Stroudsburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stroudsburg.

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

18360

What the numbers mean in Stroudsburg borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Stroudsburg borough median would spend about 30% 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 3.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.1% of residents and 42.7% of households own their home.

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

Stroudsburg borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Stroudsburg borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,898 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #221 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 89% of them. The median age here is 41.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Stroudsburg borough earn a median of $60,868 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 14% 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 11.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Stroudsburg borough is valued at $212,700, 29.9% below the national figure and 10% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,523 a month, 8.3% above the national figure, or roughly $18,276 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30% 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 3.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 42.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Stroudsburg borough?: Stroudsburg borough has 5,898 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #221 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Stroudsburg borough?: Median household income in Stroudsburg borough is $60,868 a year, 22.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stroudsburg borough?: Median gross rent is $1,523 a month and the median home value is $212,700, so rent absorbs about 30% of median household income.
Is Stroudsburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stroudsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 30% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Stroudsburg 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.