PlainZIP

James Creek, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for James Creek, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,343. 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 JAMES-CREEK-PA · James Creek, PA 1 ZIPs · 1,343 pop · #16188/25278 · Huntingdon County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $63,353
  • RANK-LOWER #16188/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Shade Gap
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 90% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,343
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $214,500

Nearest income peer: Shade Gap, PA (+ $3,314 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 James Creek

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest James Creek on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, James Creek, PA sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

36th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,343
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,353
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 $63,353 and poverty 7.0% concentrate in 16657.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (89.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Equinunk is the closest lower-income city and New Kensington the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for James Creek.

Population concentration

James Creek's single ZIP 16657 carries the town

James Creek is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 16657 is the entire residential footprint (1,343 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP James Creek

Citywide ZBP: 16 establishments, 58 employees , annual payroll $3,414k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 16657 (16 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) · also Transportation and warehousing · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in James Creek, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Huntingdon County, which covers 25 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in James Creek. See the Huntingdon County roll-up →

James Creek sits in the lower half of Huntingdon County on income: Huntingdon, Alexandria and Petersburg report more, Mount Union, Three Springs and Orbisonia report less. Hesston marks the far end of that range at $88,333, 39% above James Creek.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
16657 1,343 $63,353 16 10
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