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Philipsburg, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Philipsburg, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,881. 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 PHILIPSBURG-PA · Philipsburg, PA 1 ZIPs · 9,881 pop · #21783/25278 · Centre County

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

  • INC-MID $49,968
  • RANK-BOTTOM #21783/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under State College
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,881
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $150,300

Nearest income peer: State College, PA (+ $17,716 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 Philipsburg

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Philipsburg 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, Philipsburg, PA sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

14th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,881
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$49,968
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 ($49,968 average) · poverty 15.9%. The primary code (16866) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Philipsburg as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Turtle Creek is the closest lower-income city and Spring Church the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Philipsburg.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 16866, is all of Philipsburg

There is no split to weigh here: 16866 holds every one of Philipsburg's 9,881 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 Philipsburg's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 264 establishments, 3,577 employees , annual payroll $164,002k (~27 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 16866 (264 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (48) · also Other services (except public administration) · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Philipsburg, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Centre County, which covers 27 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Philipsburg. See the Centre County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Centre County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Philipsburg, State College, Bellefonte and Port Matilda among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Port Matilda marks the far end of that range at $121,528, 143% above Philipsburg.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
16866 9,881 $49,968 264 24
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Philipsburg 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 Philipsburg, .