PlainZIP

Lost Creek, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lost Creek, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 263. 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 LOST-CREEK-PA · Lost Creek, PA 1 ZIPs · 263 pop · #1837/25278 · Schuylkill County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-TOP $125,100
  • RANK-TOP #1837/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Auburn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 263
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $164,300

Nearest income peer: Auburn, PA ( $25,840 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 Lost Creek

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

Top 7%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
263
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$125,100
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 $125,100 and home value $164,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 0.0%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Havertown is the closest lower-income city and Knox Dale the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lost Creek.

Population concentration

Lost Creek's single ZIP 17946 carries the town

Lost Creek is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 17946 is the entire residential footprint (263 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 Lost Creek

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 5 employees , annual payroll $306k (~11 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17946 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lost Creek, PA

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

No other city sharing Schuylkill County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Lost Creek. Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Mahanoy City marks the far end of that range at $47,813, 62% below Lost Creek.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17946 263 $125,100 3 53
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Lost Creek 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 Lost Creek, .