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Penns Creek, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Penns Creek, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 577. 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 PENNS-CREEK-PA · Penns Creek, PA 1 ZIPs · 577 pop · #20791/25278 · Snyder County

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

  • INC-MID $52,868
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20791/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Beaver Springs
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 62% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 577
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $181,300

Nearest income peer: Beaver Springs, PA (+ $6,470 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 Penns Creek

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Penns 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, Penns Creek, 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
577
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$52,868
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 ($52,868 average) · poverty 39.1%. The primary code (17862) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.1%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 17862, is all of Penns Creek

There is no split to weigh here: 17862 holds every one of Penns Creek's 577 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Penns Creek

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 88 employees , annual payroll $1,513k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17862 (6 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (4) .

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ZIP Codes in Penns Creek, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Snyder County, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Penns Creek. See the Snyder County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Snyder County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Penns Creek, Selinsgrove, Middleburg and Liverpool among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Port Trevorton marks the far end of that range at $79,881, 51% above Penns Creek.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17862 577 $52,868 6 542
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Penns 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 Penns Creek, .