Skip to content
ZipNumbers
Grid of numbered green mailboxes in an apartment lobby, illustrating ZIP code listings

Adams County · Pennsylvania

ZIP code 17320

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 17320 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
8,103

ZCTA residents

Median income
$87,321

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$283,000

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Pennsylvania state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 17320 sits in Adams County, Pennsylvania and is home to 8,103 people. Median household income is $87,321, the median home is worth $283,000 and median gross rent is $1,252. 88.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Pennsylvania state rate).

County
Adams County

FIPS 42001

State
Pennsylvania (PA)

1,833 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 17320

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
8,103ZIP 17320 residents
Median household income
$87,321Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$283,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,252Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
45.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
88.4%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 17320 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 17320 is a mid-size town in Adams County, Pennsylvania, with 8,103 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #485 of 1,833 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 45.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 ZIP 17320 earn a median of $87,321 a year, 11.2% above the national figure of $78,538. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9.8% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 17320 is valued at $283,000, 6.7% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,252 a month, 11% below the national figure, or roughly $15,024 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.2% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 88.4% 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. 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.

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.

Reading ZIP 17320 in context

How 17320 sits inside Adams County and Pennsylvania.

ZIP 17320 is tabulated inside Adams County, Pennsylvania, one of 14 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,833 across Pennsylvania. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 17320 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 17320 reports a median household income of $87,321, 9% above the $80,274 county median, and 25% above the $70,000 typical PA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $283,000, 14% above the county figure and 51% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,252 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Pennsylvania charges 6% statewide, and local governments overlapping 17320 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 17320 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 17320

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
6%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$6Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$60Before any exemptions

Pennsylvania levies 6% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
17%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
3.2×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,468/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
9.8%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 17320 compares

ZIP 17320 against the median ZIP in Adams County and across Pennsylvania.

MeasureZIP 17320County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$87,321$80,274$70,000+25%
Median home value$283,000$247,800$187,400+51%
Median gross rent$1,252$1,114$953+31%
Population8,1033,9842,230+263%

Medians are computed across the 14 ZIP areas in Adams County and the 1833 ZIP areas in Pennsylvania.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1833 Pennsylvania ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 76% of 1,668 state ZIPs

#393
Home value

above 82% of 1,672 state ZIPs

#301
Population

larger than 74% of 1,833 state ZIPs

#485

Comparable ZIP codes

Pennsylvania ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
17003Lebanon County$87,350$242,200$1,088
19362Chester County$87,292$291,800$1,273
18076Montgomery County$87,386$253,500$990
17225Franklin County$87,245$266,100$969
18826Susquehanna County$87,188$246,400$1,352
17545Lancaster County$87,589$271,600$1,325

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Adams County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

ZIP 17320 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 17320?
ZIP 17320 lies mostly in Adams County, Pennsylvania. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 17320?
Pennsylvania charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 17320 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,252 a month, about 17% of median household income, and the median home is worth $283,000 — +51% against the typical Pennsylvania ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 17320, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.