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Great Bend, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Great Bend, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,153. 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 GREAT-BEND-PA · Great Bend, PA 1 ZIPs · 1,153 pop · #20797/25278 · Susquehanna County

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

  • INC-MID $52,857
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20797/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Susquehanna
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,153
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $171,800

Nearest income peer: Susquehanna, PA (+ $4,529 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 Great Bend

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Great Bend 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, Great Bend, 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
1,153
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,857
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 ($52,857 average) · poverty 9.8%. The primary code (18821) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (71.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Great Bend as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Everson is the closest lower-income city and Penns Creek the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Great Bend.

Population concentration

Great Bend reads through its lone ZIP, 18821

1,153 ACS residents, one ZIP: 18821 is not the leading code inside Great Bend, 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 Great Bend's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 25 establishments, 147 employees , annual payroll $3,649k (~22 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 18821 (25 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (6) · also Other services (except public administration) · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Great Bend, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Susquehanna County, which covers 23 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Great Bend. See the Susquehanna County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Susquehanna County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Great Bend, Montrose, Susquehanna and Forest City among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Springville marks the far end of that range at $92,750, 75% above Great Bend.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
18821 1,153 $52,857 25 129
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Great Bend 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 Great Bend, .