What is the population of Wilkinsburg borough?

Wilkinsburg borough has 14,165 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #51 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Wilkinsburg borough?

Median household income in Wilkinsburg borough is $48,565 a year, 38.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $978 a month and the median home value is $140,300, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilkinsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wilkinsburg, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania (Wilkinsburg, PA — Census place “Wilkinsburg borough”) is 14,165 residents, ranking #51 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $48,565, the median home is worth $140,300 and median gross rent runs $978 a month. Looking for the Wilkinsburg Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Wilkinsburg, PA: 15221.

Population: 14,165Wilkinsburg borough residents
Median household income: $48,565Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $140,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $978Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 32%Owner-occupied households

Wilkinsburg ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wilkinsburg.

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

15221

What the numbers mean in Wilkinsburg borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wilkinsburg borough median would spend about 24.2% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.3% of residents and 32% of households own their home.

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

Wilkinsburg borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wilkinsburg borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 14,165 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #51 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 41.7 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 Wilkinsburg borough earn a median of $48,565 a year, 38.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 32% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 20.3% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wilkinsburg borough is valued at $140,300, 53.8% below the national figure and 27% below the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $978 a month, 30.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,736 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.2% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 32% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

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 Wilkinsburg borough?: Wilkinsburg borough has 14,165 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #51 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Wilkinsburg borough?: Median household income in Wilkinsburg borough is $48,565 a year, 38.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wilkinsburg borough?: Median gross rent is $978 a month and the median home value is $140,300, so rent absorbs about 24.2% of median household income.
Is Wilkinsburg borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wilkinsburg borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wilkinsburg 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.