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Chester County · Pennsylvania

ZIP code 19348

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 19348 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
23,435

ZCTA residents

Median income
$118,367

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$518,200

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
6%

Pennsylvania state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 19348 sits in Chester County, Pennsylvania and is home to 23,435 people. Median household income is $118,367, the median home is worth $518,200 and median gross rent is $1,588. 71.1% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Pennsylvania state rate).

County
Chester County

FIPS 42029

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 19348

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

Population
23,435ZIP 19348 residents
Median household income
$118,367Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$518,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$1,588Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
44.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
71.1%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 19348 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 19348 is a mid-size town in Chester County, Pennsylvania, with 23,435 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #164 of 1,833 ranked by population — larger than 91% of them. The median age here is 44.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 19348 earn a median of $118,367 a year, 50.7% 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 5.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 19348 is valued at $518,200, 70.8% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,588 a month, 12.9% above the national figure, or roughly $19,056 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.1% 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 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 19348 in context

How 19348 sits inside Chester County and Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19348 is tabulated inside Chester County, Pennsylvania, one of 39 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 1,833 across Pennsylvania. This is a mid-sized suburban ZIP inside a county that is split across many delivery areas. 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 19348 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 19348 reports a median household income of $118,367, 3% below the $121,674 county median, and 69% above the $70,000 typical PA ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $518,200, 12% above the county figure and 177% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,588 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 19348 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 19348 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 19348

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
16%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.4×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$2,689/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
5.4%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 19348 compares

ZIP 19348 against the median ZIP in Chester County and across Pennsylvania.

MeasureZIP 19348County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$118,367$121,674$70,000+69%
Median home value$518,200$461,550$187,400+177%
Median gross rent$1,588$1,588$953+67%
Population23,43510,4012,230+951%

Medians are computed across the 39 ZIP areas in Chester County and the 1833 ZIP areas in Pennsylvania.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 1833 Pennsylvania ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 93% of 1,668 state ZIPs

#120
Home value

above 96% of 1,672 state ZIPs

#60
Population

larger than 91% of 1,833 state ZIPs

#164

Comparable ZIP codes

Pennsylvania ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
15321Washington County$118,333$309,500$1,610
15086Allegheny County$118,417$300,000$1,193
16870Centre County$118,243$392,800$924
17407York County$117,864$288,900$1,893
17224Franklin County$117,742$261,100$1,125
19012Montgomery County$117,614$320,600$1,226

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Chester County.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

ZIP 19348 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 19348?
ZIP 19348 lies mostly in Chester 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 19348?
Pennsylvania charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 19348 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $1,588 a month, about 16% of median household income, and the median home is worth $518,200 — +177% 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 19348, 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.