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Orwigsburg, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Orwigsburg, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 6,958. 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 ORWIGSBURG-PA · Orwigsburg, PA 1 ZIPs · 6,958 pop · #5337/25278 · Schuylkill County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $94,941
  • RANK-UPPER #5337/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Auburn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-TOWN 6,958
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $242,100

Nearest income peer: Auburn, PA (+ $4,319 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 Orwigsburg

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

Top 21%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
6,958
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$94,941
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 $94,941 and home value $242,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.2%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.6%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Orwigsburg as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 17961, is all of Orwigsburg

There is no split to weigh here: 17961 holds every one of Orwigsburg's 6,958 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Orwigsburg's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 188 establishments, 2,598 employees , annual payroll $124,782k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17961 (188 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (28) · also Other services (except public administration) · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Orwigsburg, PA

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

Orwigsburg 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, 50% below Orwigsburg.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17961 6,958 $94,941 188 101
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Orwigsburg 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 Orwigsburg, .