PlainZIP

Gaines, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gaines, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 475. 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 GAINES-PA · Gaines, PA 1 ZIPs · 475 pop · #20748/25278 · Tioga County

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

  • INC-MID $52,969
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20748/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Westfield
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 475
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $189,100

Nearest income peer: Westfield, PA ( $960 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 Gaines

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gaines 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, Gaines, 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.

18th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
475
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,969
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 ($52,969 average) · poverty 16.4%. The primary code (16921) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Monroeton is the closest lower-income city and Walston the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gaines.

Population concentration

Gaines reads through its lone ZIP, 16921

475 ACS residents, one ZIP: 16921 is not the leading code inside Gaines, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Gaines

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $630k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 16921 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Gaines, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Tioga County, which covers 21 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Gaines. See the Tioga County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Tioga County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Gaines, Wellsboro, Mansfield and Tioga among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Liberty marks the far end of that range at $71,111, 34% above Gaines.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
16921 475 $52,969 4 3
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