PlainZIP

Drums, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Drums, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,020. 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 DRUMS-PA · Drums, PA 1 ZIPs · 9,020 pop · #3246/25278 · Luzerne County

INC-HIGH · RANK-TOP · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $108,581
  • RANK-TOP #3246/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mountain Top
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,020
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $241,000

Nearest income peer: Mountain Top, PA (+ $986 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 Drums

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Drums 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, Drums, PA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 13%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,020
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$108,581
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $108,581 and home value $241,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 29.6%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Royersford is the closest lower-income city and Willow Street the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Drums.

Population concentration

Drums reads through its lone ZIP, 18222

9,020 ACS residents, one ZIP: 18222 is not the leading code inside Drums, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Drums's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 160 establishments, 1,668 employees , annual payroll $64,914k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 18222 (160 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (25) · also Construction · Accommodation and food services .

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ZIP Codes in Drums, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Luzerne County, which covers 40 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Drums. See the Luzerne County roll-up →

No other city sharing Luzerne County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Drums. Wilkes Barre, Hazleton and Pittston sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Plymouth marks the far end of that range at $41,990, 61% below Drums.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
18222 9,020 $108,581 160 93
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Drums 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 Drums, .