
Pennsylvania · Census place 83120
West Hamburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of West Hamburg, Pennsylvania (West Hamburg, PA — Census place “West Hamburg CDP”) is 1,920 residents, ranking #679 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $73,712, the median home is worth $150,800 and median gross rent runs $811 a month. Looking for the West Hamburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve West Hamburg, PA: 19526.
- Population
- 1,920West Hamburg CDP residents
- Median household income
- $73,712Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $150,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $811Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 52.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 91.8%Owner-occupied households
West Hamburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps West Hamburg.
The West Hamburg 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 West Hamburg CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the West Hamburg CDP median would spend about 13.2% 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 2.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.8% of residents and 91.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
West Hamburg CDP, PA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
West Hamburg CDP is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 1,920 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #679 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 66% of them. The median age here is 52.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 West Hamburg CDP earn a median of $73,712 a year, 6.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% above 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 7.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in West Hamburg CDP is valued at $150,800, 50.3% below the national figure and 22% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $811 a month, 42.3% below the national figure, or roughly $9,732 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.2% 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×, 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. 91.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 52.4 puts West Hamburg CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages.
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.
- Ben Avon borough 1,919
- Beech Mountain Lakes CDP 1,920
- Patton borough 1,894
- Southwest Greensburg borough 1,927
- Spinnerstown CDP 1,894
- Mercersburg borough 1,940
- West Homestead borough 1,870
- Conneaut Lakeshore CDP 1,866
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of West Hamburg CDP?
- West Hamburg CDP has 1,920 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #679 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
- What is the median household income in West Hamburg CDP?
- Median household income in West Hamburg CDP is $73,712 a year, 6.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in West Hamburg CDP?
- Median gross rent is $811 a month and the median home value is $150,800, so rent absorbs about 13.2% of median household income.
- Is West Hamburg CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so West Hamburg CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this West Hamburg CDP 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.