PlainZIP

Summit Station, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Summit Station, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 168. 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 SUMMIT-STATION-PA · Summit Station, PA 1 ZIPs · 168 pop · #398/25278 · Schuylkill County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-TOP $178,661
  • RANK-TOP #398/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Auburn
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 168
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $268,100

Nearest income peer: Auburn, PA ( $79,401 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 Summit Station

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Summit Station 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, Summit Station, PA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 2%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
168
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$178,661
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 $178,661 and home value $268,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.9%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Pennsylvania, Chadds Ford is the closest lower-income city and Jamison the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Summit Station.

Population concentration

Summit Station's single ZIP 17979 carries the town

Summit Station is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 17979 is the entire residential footprint (168 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 Summit Station's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 2 employees , annual payroll $156k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17979 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Summit Station, PA

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

No other city sharing Schuylkill County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Summit Station. Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Mahanoy City marks the far end of that range at $47,813, 73% below Summit Station.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17979 168 $178,661 3 62
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Summit Station 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 Summit Station, .