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Hegins, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hegins, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,442. 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 HEGINS-PA · Hegins, PA 1 ZIPs · 2,442 pop · #5564/25278 · Schuylkill County

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

  • INC-HIGH $93,722
  • RANK-UPPER #5564/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Orwigsburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,442
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $219,000

Nearest income peer: Orwigsburg, PA (+ $1,219 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 Hegins

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

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
2,442
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,722
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 $93,722 and home value $219,000 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 26.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Hegins's single ZIP 17938 carries the town

Hegins is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 17938 is the entire residential footprint (2,442 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Hegins's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 49 establishments, 811 employees , annual payroll $47,045k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17938 (49 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (9) · also Other services (except public administration) · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Hegins, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Schuylkill County, which covers 55 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Hegins. See the Schuylkill County roll-up →

Hegins sits in the upper half of Schuylkill County on income: Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua report less, while Auburn reports more. Mahanoy City marks the far end of that range at $47,813, 49% below Hegins.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17938 2,442 $93,722 49 24
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Hegins 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 Hegins, .