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Tower City, PA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tower City, PA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,238. 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 TOWER-CITY-PA · Tower City, PA 1 ZIPs · 3,238 pop · #12750/25278 · Schuylkill County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $71,210
  • RANK-MID #12750/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ashland
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 79% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,238
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $149,600

Nearest income peer: Ashland, PA ( $69 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 Tower City

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

Top 50%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,238
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$71,210
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 17980 (3,238 residents). Household income $71,210 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Tower City as a pure owner town.

Within Pennsylvania, Beaver Falls is the closest lower-income city and Drifton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Tower City.

Population concentration

Tower City reads through its lone ZIP, 17980

3,238 ACS residents, one ZIP: 17980 is not the leading code inside Tower City, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Tower City's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 50 establishments, 254 employees , annual payroll $9,165k (~15 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 17980 (50 units) ; leading NAICS Other services (except public administration) (13) · also Retail trade · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Tower City, PA

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

Tower City lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Schuylkill County: Pine Grove, Orwigsburg and Auburn earn more and Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven and Tamaqua earn less. Auburn marks the far end of that range at $99,260, 39% above Tower City.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
17980 3,238 $71,210 50 31
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Tower City 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 Tower City, .