Ernest, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ernest, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 462. 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 ERNEST-PA · Ernest, PA 1 ZIPs · 462 pop · #14033/25278 · Indiana County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $68,125
  • RANK-MID #14033/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cherry Tree
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 70% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 462
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $76,200

Nearest income peer: Cherry Tree, PA ( $625 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 Ernest

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Ernest 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, Ernest, PA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

44th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
462
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$68,125
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $68,125 and poverty 14.8% concentrate in 15739.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (70.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Ernest as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Mount Pleasant is the closest lower-income city and Bowmanstown the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Ernest.

Population concentration

Ernest's single ZIP 15739 carries the town

Ernest is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 15739 is the entire residential footprint (462 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Ernest's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Ernest. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Ernest, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Indiana County, which covers 44 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ernest. See the Indiana County roll-up →

Ernest sits in the upper half of Indiana County on income: Indiana, Blairsville and Clymer report less, while Homer City, Saltsburg and Shelocta report more. Seward marks the far end of that range at $43,958, 35% below Ernest.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
15739 462 $68,125 n/a 281

Ernest 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 Ernest, .