17981 Zip Code (Tremont, PA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 2,545
Zip code population in 2010: 2,751
Zip code population in 2000: 2,738

Houses and condos: 1,086
Renter-occupied apartments: 193
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 17981: 90.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 27.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 93 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,261 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,085 (1.3%)

For population 25 years and over in 17981:

• High school or higher: 85.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
• Unemployed: 2.8%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 17981:

• Never married: 29.9%
• Now married: 48.0%
• Separated: 1.6%
• Widowed: 10.2%
• Divorced: 10.3%

• 
• • 2,48897.9%White
  • 291.1%Two or more races
  • 240.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 10.04%American Indian

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 17981, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $45,543 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$45,543
State:	$75,707

Salary/wage: $42,300 (reported on 84.1% of returns)

Here:	$42,300
State:	$62,806

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 972.3% for AGIs below $25k, 3364.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5870.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8605.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13715.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $354 (reported on 19.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$354
Pennsylvania:	$1,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 15.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 30.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $693 (reported on 11.1% of returns)

Here:	$693
State:	$7,382

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.0% for AGIs below $25k, 8.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 27.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,000 (reported on 5.6% of returns)

Here:	+$2,000
State:	+$23,522

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 14.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$9,062 (reported on 6.3% of returns)

Here:	+$9,062
State:	+$16,274

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 120.3% for AGIs below $25k, 202.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,340 (reported on 7.9% of returns)

17981:	$9,340
Pennsylvania:	$18,583

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 59.0% for AGIs below $25k, 63.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 534.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,137 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,137
State:	$2,100

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 68.7% for AGIs below $25k, 57.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.7%

Here:	94%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 92.7% for AGIs below $25k, 92.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 95.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 90.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 17981, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,535 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,535
State:	$61,346

Salary/wage: $33,271 (reported on 85.5% of returns)

Here:	$33,271
State:	$51,902

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.7% for AGIs below $25k, 84.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 68.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $286 (reported on 22.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$286
Pennsylvania:	$1,588

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs below $25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Ordinary dividends: $472 (reported on 14.5% of returns)

Here:	$472
State:	$5,827

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$283 (reported on 4.8% of returns)

Here:	+$283
State:	+$14,495

Profit/loss from business: +$8,670 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

Here:	+$8,670
State:	+$16,268

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $25k, 2.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,362 (reported on 6.5% of returns)

17981:	$8,362
Pennsylvania:	$14,550

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.8% for AGIs below $25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $15,192 (24% of AGI, reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	$15,192
State:	$23,538

Here:	24.4% of AGI
State:	18.4% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions: $1,550 (reported on 6.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,550
State:	$4,025

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxes paid: $4,023 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

17981:	$4,023
State:	$9,982

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,958 (reported on 21.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,958
State:	$2,106

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.4% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 51.6%

Here:	52%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 47.1% for AGIs below $25k, 52.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 55.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 55.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 17981, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,249 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,249
State:	$48,049

Salary/wage: $30,484 (reported on 87.8% of returns)

Here:	$30,484
State:	$42,646

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 90.3% for AGIs below $10k, 80.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 87.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 50.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $705 (reported on 34.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$705
Pennsylvania:	$1,657

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.8% for AGIs below $10k, 1.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $775 (reported on 19.3% of returns)

Here:	$775
State:	$3,566

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$426 (reported on 8.4% of returns)

Here:	+$426
State:	+$9,716

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs below $10k, -0.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$6,586 (reported on 9.3% of returns)

Here:	+$6,586
State:	+$14,267

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.7% for AGIs below $10k, 3.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

IRA payment deduction: $2,154 (reported on 2.2% of returns)

17981:	$2,154
Pennsylvania:	$2,903

Total itemized deductions: $12,476 (21% of AGI, reported on 10.3% of returns)

Here:	$12,476
State:	$18,804

Here:	21.2% of AGI
State:	19.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $1,305 (2% of AGI, reported on 7.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,305
State:	$3,337

Here:	2.2% of AGI
State:	3.3% of AGI

Total tax: $3,602 (reported on 73.9% of returns)

17981:	$3,602
State:	$8,008

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs below $10k, 4.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,658 (reported on 15.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,658
State:	$1,643

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 62.5%

Here:	62%
State:	56%

(% for various income ranges: 56.1% for AGIs below $10k, 60.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 63.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 69.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 71.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 17923, 17963, 17944, 17921, 17901, 17943.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
• Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 185
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 780

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 31 (20 now married, 10 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 400 (233 now married, 164 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 17981 with a mortgage: 393 (52 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 37 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,005
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $478

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 17981 household income distribution in 2022

• 21Less than $10,000
• 31$10,000 to $14,999
• 51$15,000 to $19,999
• 31$20,000 to $24,999
• 43$25,000 to $29,999
• 34$30,000 to $34,999
• 28$35,000 to $39,999
• 35$40,000 to $44,999
• 81$45,000 to $49,999
• 122$50,000 to $59,999
• 110$60,000 to $74,999
• 152$75,000 to $99,999
• 68$100,000 to $124,999
• 71$125,000 to $149,999
• 53$150,000 to $199,999
• 16$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 17981

• 5Less than $10,000
• 16$10,000 to $14,999
• 5$15,000 to $19,999
• 33$20,000 to $24,999
• 28$25,000 to $29,999
• 17$30,000 to $34,999
• 7$35,000 to $39,999
• 54$40,000 to $49,999
• 36$50,000 to $59,999
• 51$60,000 to $69,999
• 75$70,000 to $79,999
• 76$80,000 to $89,999
• 53$90,000 to $99,999
• 66$100,000 to $124,999
• 38$125,000 to $149,999
• 46$150,000 to $174,999
• 32$175,000 to $199,999
• 9$200,000 to $249,999
• 17$250,000 to $299,999
• 16$300,000 to $399,999
• 7$400,000 to $499,999
• 2$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 17981

• 5$100 to $149
• 9$250 to $299
• 5$300 to $349
• 9$350 to $399
• 5$400 to $449
• 2$450 to $499
• 9$500 to $549
• 13$550 to $599
• 14$600 to $649
• 33$650 to $699
• 14$700 to $749
• 12$750 to $799
• 1$800 to $899
• 6$900 to $999
• 45No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $772.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $125,160.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $92,208

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $91,818 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $57,803 - $131,721

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $125,599

Here:	$125,599
State:	$317,202

Townhouses or other attached units: $70,152

Here:	$70,152
State:	$254,369

Mobile homes: $81,586

Here:	$81,586
State:	$92,414

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 562
• One, attached: 370
• Two: 18
• 3 or 4: 25
• 5 to 9: 32
• 20 to 49: 20
• Mobile homes: 49

Unemployment: 2.8%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 17981

• 78.1%976Drove a car alone
• 8.5%106Carpooled
• 0.2%2Bus or trolley bus
• 4.6%57Walked
• 1.8%23Other means
• 4.6%58Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 17981

• 100Less than 5 minutes
• 795 to 9 minutes
• 12010 to 14 minutes
• 28715 to 19 minutes
• 12820 to 24 minutes
• 4025 to 29 minutes
• 13530 to 34 minutes
• 3835 to 39 minutes
• 3440 to 44 minutes
• 7145 to 59 minutes
• 10560 to 89 minutes
• 1490 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 73.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 2,545

• Male householders: 506 (125 living alone), Female householders: 456 (121 living alone)

• 499 spouses (492 opposite-sex spouses), 119 unmarried partners, (119 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 625 children (567 natural, 19 adopted, 38 stepchildren), 62 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 24 parents, 0 foster children, 8 other relatives, 50 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 204 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 319 2-persons, 158 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 245 1-person, 55 2-persons, 23 3-persons

301 married couples with children.
129 single-parent households (90 men, 39 women).

96.7% of residents of 17981 zip code speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% very well, 13% well, 6% not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.7%

Population in 1990: 2,629. Population change in the 1990s: +109 (+4.1%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 2,382
• Northeast: 46
• Midwest: 28
• South: 11
• West: 10

72% of the 17981 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.

93% of the 17981 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% moved from different county within same state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 14
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
• Mining: Anthracite Mining (10-19: 1, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 2)
• Construction: Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (20-49: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (20-49: 1)
• Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (20-49: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (10-19: 2)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 12. The highest number of reported fires - 43 took place in 2018, and the least - 0 in 2004. The data has an increasing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (43.5%), and Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires (27.7%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 17981
• 8343.5%Structure Fires
• 5327.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 4523.6%Outside Fires
• 105.2%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 17981, Pennsylvania

Most common first names in zip code 17981 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	59	82.7 years
William	47	73.1 years
John	47	74.7 years
Charles	43	72.7 years
Anna	38	83.8 years
Joseph	29	72.2 years
George	28	77.9 years
Harry	23	76.6 years
Ruth	22	79.2 years
Dorothy	21	80.6 years

Most common last names in zip code 17981 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Miller	44	79.4 years
Morgan	29	69.5 years
Brown	16	85.5 years
Koch	16	74.1 years
Klinger	14	76.0 years
Zerbe	14	77.2 years
Hatter	14	76.5 years
Kimmel	13	79.6 years
Long	12	75.5 years
Renninger	12	73.0 years