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Buena Vista, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buena Vista, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 821. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet BUENA-VISTA-PA · Buena Vista, PA 1 ZIPs · 821 pop · #24272/25278 · Allegheny County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,000
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24272/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Homestead
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 96% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 821
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $96,700

Nearest income peer: Homestead, PA (+ $18,714 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Buena Vista

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buena Vista on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Buena Vista, PA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
821
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,000
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,000 average) · poverty 7.6%. The primary code (15018) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Pitcairn is the closest lower-income city and Seanor the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buena Vista.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 15018, is all of Buena Vista

There is no split to weigh here: 15018 holds every one of Buena Vista's 821 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Buena Vista's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 99 employees , annual payroll $5,443k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 15018 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (3) · also Manufacturing · Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services .

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ZIP Codes in Buena Vista, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Allegheny County, which covers 100 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buena Vista. See the Allegheny County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Allegheny County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Buena Vista, Pittsburgh, Mckeesport and Coraopolis among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Wexford marks the far end of that range at $160,576, 334% above Buena Vista.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
15018 821 $37,000 14 168
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Buena Vista roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Buena Vista, .