Zip Code 17520 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 17520 was $86,489. An estimated 1.4% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 3.9% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 79% of households received earnings. An estimated 36.2% of households received Social Security and an estimated 22.9 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $27,109. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 6.1 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 5.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.6% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 5% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 4.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 24.5% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 63.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 25.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 17520 in 2019-2023, 97.6% had health insurance coverage and 2.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 78.8% and public coverage was 40.4%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2019-2023, 17520 had a total population of 5,001 - 2,789 (55.8%) females and 2,212 (44.2%) males. The median age was 45.3 years. An estimated 21.5% of the population was under 18 years, 27% was 19 to 44 years, 27.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 23.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 2,221 households in 17520. The average household size was 2.24 people.

Married-couple households made up 62.4% of the households in 17520 while cohabiting couple households made up 3.3% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 21.7% of all households, while 12.6% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10% of households were male householders living alone, and 16.5% were female householders living alone, for a total of 26.5% of all households.

In 17520, 29.7% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 36.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 96.6% of the people living in 17520 were U.S. natives. 70.4% of the 17520 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 3.4% of 17520 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 83% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 67.8 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 17520 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 17520.

Among people at least five years old living in 17520 in 2019-2023, 5.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2.9% of people at least five years old; 0.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 96.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 17520 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 93.1 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 35.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 6.8% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 17520 was 1,134 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 53 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 840. College or graduate school enrollment was 241.

In 17520, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 12.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 6.2% of people under 18 years old, to 12.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 19.6% of those 65 and over.

In 17520, 72 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 26.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 88.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 8.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 2.9 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 17520 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 86% of 17520 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 4.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 20.6 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 17520 had a total of 2,221 housing units. Of these housing units, 98.8% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 1.2% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

6.1% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 10% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 17520 was 6.8 rooms, and of these housing units 87.3% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 17520 had 2,221 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 0 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 89.2% while renters occupied 10.8%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.12 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.28.

6.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 18.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2.2% and another 21.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 17520:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 17520 was $252,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 69.6 % had a mortgage. 30.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,584 and for owners without a mortgage it was $700.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 17520 was $1,370. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.