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Shamokin, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shamokin, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 9,943. 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 SHAMOKIN-PA · Shamokin, PA 1 ZIPs · 9,943 pop · #22187/25278 · Northumberland County

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

  • INC-MID $48,750
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22187/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Coal Township
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 67% owners
  • POP-TOWN 9,943
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $81,800

Nearest income peer: Coal Township, PA (+ $2,260 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 Shamokin

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shamokin 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, Shamokin, 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.

12th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
9,943
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,750
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 ($48,750 average) · poverty 20.2%. The primary code (17872) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shamokin as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Laurelton is the closest lower-income city and Meadow Lands the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shamokin.

Population concentration

Shamokin reads through its lone ZIP, 17872

9,943 ACS residents, one ZIP: 17872 is not the leading code inside Shamokin, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Shamokin

Citywide ZBP: 145 establishments, 1,293 employees , annual payroll $48,033k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17872 (145 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (32) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Shamokin, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Northumberland County, which covers 24 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shamokin. See the Northumberland County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Northumberland County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shamokin, Sunbury, Milton and Coal Township among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Elysburg marks the far end of that range at $118,176, 142% above Shamokin.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17872 9,943 $48,750 145 95
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Shamokin 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 Shamokin, .