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Ashland, PA 17921 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 17921: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Ashland, PA 17921

Acceptable Alternative

Centralia, PA 17921

Helfenstein, PA 17921

Not Acceptable, USPS

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Mowry, PA 17921

Taylorville, PA 17921

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Schuylkill County
Centroid: Latitude 40.779, Longitude -76.337
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 17921 has segments in 2 Counties (Columbia, Schuylkill).

Businesses Addresses: 180
PO Box Addresses: 63
Residential Addresses: 2,863

Multi-Family Addresses: 94
Single Family Addresses: 2,769

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: May 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

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Ashland, PA 17921 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	8,857
Daytime Population: Workers	2,240
Daytime Population: Residents	4,264
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	6,504
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.73
Population in Households	7,456
Population in Familes	5,990
Population in Group Qrtrs	1,401
Population Density²	162
Diversity Index³	36

INCOME
Median Household Income	$50,239
Average Household Income	$59,604
Per Capita Income	$23,596

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	3,974 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	2,522 (63.5%)
Renter Occupied HU	724 (18.2%)
Vacant Housing Units	728 (18.3%)
Median Home Value	$98,217
Average Home Value	$115,781

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	3,246
Average Household Size	2.3
Family Households	2,122
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.41%	-0.27%
Households	-0.19%	-0.35%
Families	-0.3%	-0.41%
Median Household Income		1.62%
Per Capita Income		2.51%

Ashland, PA 17921 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 17921 to the other 1,663 ZIP Codes in Pennsylvania by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.