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Wellsboro, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (Wellsboro, PA — Census place “Wellsboro borough”) is 3,445 residents, ranking #415 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $64,297, the median home is worth $195,400 and median gross rent runs $901 a month. Looking for the Wellsboro Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wellsboro, PA: 16901.
- Population
- 3,445Wellsboro borough residents
- Median household income
- $64,297Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $195,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $901Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 41.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 61.7%Owner-occupied households
Wellsboro ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wellsboro.
The Wellsboro 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 Wellsboro borough
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Wellsboro borough median would spend about 16.8% 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 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 10.1% of residents and 61.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Wellsboro borough, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Wellsboro borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 3,445 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #415 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 41.1 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 Wellsboro borough earn a median of $64,297 a year, 18.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% below 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 10.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Wellsboro borough is valued at $195,400, 35.6% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $901 a month, 35.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,812 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% 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 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.7% 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.
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.
- Slippery Rock borough 3,434
- Rochester borough 3,445
- Malvern borough 3,427
- Reamstown CDP 3,445
- Loyalhanna CDP 3,425
- Mifflinburg borough 3,464
- Coplay borough 3,423
- Brownstown CDP 3,482
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Wellsboro borough?
- Wellsboro borough has 3,445 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #415 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in Wellsboro borough?
- Median household income in Wellsboro borough is $64,297 a year, 18.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wellsboro borough?
- Median gross rent is $901 a month and the median home value is $195,400, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
- Is Wellsboro borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wellsboro borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Wellsboro 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.