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Philadelphia County · Pennsylvania

ZIP code 19111

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 19111 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
65,821

ZCTA residents

Median income
$60,441

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$244,000

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
8%

Combined state + local

Quick answer

ZIP 19111 sits in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and is home to 65,821 people. Median household income is $60,441, the median home is worth $244,000 and median gross rent is $1,221. 55.3% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 8% combined.

County
Philadelphia County

FIPS 42101

State
Pennsylvania (PA)

1,833 ZIPs covered

Area codes
215, 267, 302, 484, 609, 610, 856

NANPA codes serving this area

Metro area
Philadelphia

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 19111

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

Population
65,821ZIP 19111 residents
Median household income
$60,441Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$244,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,221Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
55.3%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 19111 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 19111 is a small city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with 65,821 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #4 of 1,833 ranked by population — larger than 99% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in ZIP 19111 earn a median of $60,441 a year, 23% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 19111 is valued at $244,000, 19.6% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,221 a month, 13.2% below the national figure, or roughly $14,652 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 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 55.3% 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.

Reading ZIP 19111 in context

How 19111 sits inside Philadelphia County and Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19111 is tabulated inside Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, one of 49 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,833 across Pennsylvania. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. 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 19111 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 19111 reports a median household income of $60,441, close to the $61,257 county median, and 14% below the $70,000 typical PA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $244,000, 9% below the county figure and 30% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,221 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

A taxable purchase made inside 19111 carries 8% at the register, assembled from the Philadelphia jurisdiction stack: the Pennsylvania state rate plus every county, municipal and special district levy that reaches this address. Because those district boundaries were drawn for schools, transit and hospital funding rather than for mail delivery, two addresses inside 19111 can legitimately fall under different totals — the rate shown here is the one that applies to the dominant jurisdiction.

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 19111 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 19111

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
8%Philadelphia jurisdiction stack
Tax on $100
$8Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$80Before any exemptions

This ZIP falls inside the Philadelphia rate area, so state, county, city and district levies are published here as a full stack.

Affordability in this ZIP

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

Rent burden
24%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.0×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,266/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
15.1%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 19111 compares

ZIP 19111 against the median ZIP in Philadelphia County and across Pennsylvania.

MeasureZIP 19111County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$60,441$61,257$70,000-14%
Median home value$244,000$268,200$187,400+30%
Median gross rent$1,221$1,287$953+28%
Population65,82132,9382,230+2852%

Medians are computed across the 49 ZIP areas in Philadelphia County and the 1833 ZIP areas in Pennsylvania.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1833 Pennsylvania ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 29% of 1,668 state ZIPs

#1,177
Home value

above 73% of 1,672 state ZIPs

#459
Population

larger than 100% of 1,833 state ZIPs

#4

Comparable ZIP codes

Pennsylvania ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
18634Luzerne County$60,482$108,600$798
18434Lackawanna County$60,396$164,300$902
15853Elk County$60,380$108,000$640
18636Wyoming County$60,370$175,900$950
17827Snyder County$60,536$175,000$1,031
17113Dauphin County$60,554$141,300$1,091

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Philadelphia County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19111 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 19111?
ZIP 19111 lies mostly in Philadelphia 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 19111?
Purchases are taxed at 8% combined, built from the Philadelphia jurisdiction stack.
Is 19111 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,221 a month, about 24% of median household income, and the median home is worth $244,000 — +30% 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 19111, 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.