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Shippensburg, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shippensburg, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,996. 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 SHIPPENSBURG-PA · Shippensburg, PA 1 ZIPs · 27,996 pop · #12762/25278 · Cumberland County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $71,181
  • RANK-MID #12762/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Newville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,996
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $227,900

Nearest income peer: Newville, 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 Shippensburg

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shippensburg 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, Shippensburg, PA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,996
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,181
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 17257 (27,996 residents). Household income $71,181 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shippensburg as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Nicholson is the closest lower-income city and Dickerson Run the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shippensburg.

Population concentration

Shippensburg's single ZIP 17257 carries the town

Shippensburg is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 17257 is the entire residential footprint (27,996 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Shippensburg's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 485 establishments, 7,590 employees , annual payroll $371,657k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17257 (485 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (85) · also Retail trade · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Shippensburg, PA

These ZIP codes sit in Cumberland County, which covers 19 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shippensburg. See the Cumberland County roll-up →

Shippensburg sits in the lower half of Cumberland County on income: Mechanicsburg, Carlisle and Camp Hill report more, and only Lemoyne reports less. Boiling Springs marks the far end of that range at $117,130, 65% above Shippensburg.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17257 27,996 $71,181 485 92
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Shippensburg 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 Shippensburg, .