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Philadelphia County · Pennsylvania

ZIP code 19145

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 19145 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
42,955

ZCTA residents

Median income
$70,374

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$290,100

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Pennsylvania state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 19145 sits in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania and is home to 42,955 people. Median household income is $70,374, the median home is worth $290,100 and median gross rent is $1,343. 59% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Pennsylvania state rate).

County
Philadelphia County

FIPS 42101

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 19145

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

Population
42,955ZIP 19145 residents
Median household income
$70,374Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$290,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,343Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
38.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
59%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 19145 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 19145 is a small city in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, with 42,955 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #41 of 1,833 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 38.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 ZIP 19145 earn a median of $70,374 a year, 10.4% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 19145 is valued at $290,100, 4.4% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,343 a month, 4.5% below the national figure, or roughly $16,116 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% 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 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 59% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. 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 19145 in context

How 19145 sits inside Philadelphia County and Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19145 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 19145 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 19145 reports a median household income of $70,374, 15% above the $61,257 county median, and close to the $70,000 typical PA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $290,100, 8% above the county figure and 55% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,343 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 19145 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 19145 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 19145

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
23%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.1×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,505/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
16.7%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 19145 compares

ZIP 19145 against the median ZIP in Philadelphia County and across Pennsylvania.

MeasureZIP 19145County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$70,374$61,257$70,000+1%
Median home value$290,100$268,200$187,400+55%
Median gross rent$1,343$1,287$953+41%
Population42,95532,9382,230+1826%

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 51% of 1,668 state ZIPs

#819
Home value

above 83% of 1,672 state ZIPs

#280
Population

larger than 98% of 1,833 state ZIPs

#41

Comparable ZIP codes

Pennsylvania ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
19107Philadelphia County$70,382$452,500$1,691
19115Philadelphia County$70,388$330,500$1,230
15610Westmoreland County$70,397$221,200$846
17960Schuylkill County$70,326$216,700$936
17774Lycoming County$70,313$223,300$930
18850Bradford County$70,313$183,300$968

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Philadelphia County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19145 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 19145?
ZIP 19145 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 19145?
Pennsylvania charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 19145 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,343 a month, about 23% of median household income, and the median home is worth $290,100 — +55% 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 19145, 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.