Philipsburg vs Zion

A side-by-side comparison of Philipsburg and Zion: population, income, housing, and more.

Philipsburg and Zion are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Philipsburg has the higher population (2,754 vs 2,173 in Zion). Zion has the higher median household income ($100,000 vs $44,282 in Philipsburg). Zion has the higher median home value ($337,100 vs $151,700 in Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Philipsburg	Zion
Population	2,754	2,173
Median age	44.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,282	$100,000
Median home value	$151,700	$337,100
Median gross rent	$676	$1,146
Housing units	1,588	978
Homeownership rate	48.9%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philipsburg	Zion
Population	2,719 → 2,754 (+1.3%)	2,258 → 2,173 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$36,149 → $44,282 (+22.5%)	$95,087 → $100,000 (+5.2%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $151,700 (+48.0%)	$253,700 → $337,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $676 (+9.9%)	—

Philipsburg

Population

2,7192,754

Median household income

$36,149$44,282

Median home value

$102,500$151,700

Median gross rent

$615$676

Zion

Population

2,2582,173

Median household income

$95,087$100,000

Median home value

$253,700$337,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Philipsburg	Zion
Under 5	4.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	0.5%
25 to 34	17.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	21.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.6%	23.1%
75 and over	9.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philipsburg	Zion
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.3%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philipsburg	Zion
No high school diploma	8.7%	3.3%
High school graduate	34.4%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philipsburg	Zion
Drove alone	75.5%	74.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	16.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philipsburg	Zion
1-unit, detached	51.4%	83.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Philipsburg	Zion
Poverty rate	15.0%	1.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1949	2004