
Philadelphia County · Pennsylvania
ZIP code 19111
- Population
- 65,821
- Median income
- $60,441
- Median home
- $244,000
- Sales tax
- 8%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
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
- State
- Pennsylvania (PA)
- Area codes
- 215, 267, 302, 484, 609, 610, 856
FIPS 42101
1,833 ZIPs covered
NANPA codes serving this area
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.
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.
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.
| Measure | ZIP 19111 | County median | State median | vs 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% |
| Population | 65,821 | 32,938 | 2,230 | +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
- #1,177
- Home value
- #459
- Population
- #4
richer than 29% of 1,668 state ZIPs
above 73% of 1,672 state ZIPs
larger than 100% of 1,833 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Pennsylvania ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
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.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Pennsylvania Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
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.