What is the population of Zelienople borough?

Zelienople borough has 3,870 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #374 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Zelienople borough?

Median household income in Zelienople borough is $64,583 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,166 a month and the median home value is $272,500, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Zelienople borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Zelienople, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Zelienople, Pennsylvania (Zelienople, PA — Census place “Zelienople borough”) is 3,870 residents, ranking #374 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $64,583, the median home is worth $272,500 and median gross rent runs $1,166 a month. Looking for the Zelienople Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Zelienople, PA: 16063.

Population: 3,870Zelienople borough residents
Median household income: $64,583Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $272,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,166Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.6%Owner-occupied households

Zelienople ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Zelienople.

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

16063

What the numbers mean in Zelienople borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Zelienople borough median would spend about 21.7% 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 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.6% of residents and 51.6% of households own their home.

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

Zelienople borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Zelienople borough is a small town in Pennsylvania, with 3,870 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #374 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 81% of them. The median age here is 44.5 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 Zelienople borough earn a median of $64,583 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% 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 3.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Zelienople borough is valued at $272,500, 10.2% below the national figure and 41% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,166 a month, 17.1% below the national figure, or roughly $13,992 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.7% 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 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Zelienople borough?: Zelienople borough has 3,870 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #374 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Zelienople borough?: Median household income in Zelienople borough is $64,583 a year, 17.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Zelienople borough?: Median gross rent is $1,166 a month and the median home value is $272,500, so rent absorbs about 21.7% of median household income.
Is Zelienople borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Zelienople borough is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Zelienople 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.