State profile · PA

Largest Cities in Pennsylvania

Name: Pennsylvania Cities: Population, Income & Housing Data
Creator: PlainCities
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Ranked by resident population across 1,865 tracked cities and towns in Pennsylvania, using Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023). This compares cities and Census-designated places, not metropolitan areas, and carries the same rows into the chart, table, and downloadable CSV below.

Compiled by PlainCities

1,865
Cities: 7.3M
Combined city pop.: $73,537
Avg median income: 8.3%
Avg poverty rate

Data updated August 2026

The headline finding

Philadelphia is the largest of 1,865 tracked cities in Pennsylvania, which ranks #22 of 52 nationally on avg median income.

Philadelphia
largest tracked city (1,582,432 people): #22
national rank, avg median income: 1,865
cities tracked in this state

Every figure here is read live from the same table rendered below.

Pennsylvania's 1,865 tracked cities include 1 with over 1 million residents; 95% are small towns under 10,000 people.

<10K

1,778
10K-99K

84
100K-999K

2
1M+

1

What this shows Small towns under 10,000 residents are the largest group in PlainCities' Pennsylvania coverage, with 1,778 of 1,865 tracked places. This is a count of profiled places, not a share of the state's population.

How we calculate this mix & the national home-value percentile below

Every tracked city in Pennsylvania is bucketed by population: small town under 10,000; mid-size 10,000–99,999; large 100,000–999,999; megacity 1,000,000+. The national home-value comparison below plots Pennsylvania's average tracked-city home value against all 52 US states/territories, ranked the same way as the per-city percentiles: the state's percentile is the share of states with a lower average home value. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.

Philadelphia

1,582,432
Pittsburgh

303,620
Allentown

125,320
Reading

94,836
Erie

94,156
Bethlehem

77,069
Scranton

76,074
Lancaster

57,683
Levittown

50,930
Harrisburg

50,092
York

44,830
Wilkes-Barre

44,217

What this shows Philadelphia, PA is the most populous city profiled in Pennsylvania; the top 100 rows are listed below and the complete 1,865-row record is available as a CSV.

How Pennsylvania ranks nationally

Avg median income

$73,537

#22 of 52 · highest income

Avg home value

$193,010

#34 of 52 · highest values

Avg poverty rate

8.3%

#20 of 52 · lowest poverty

Tracked cities

1,865

#1 of 52 · most tracked cities

Pennsylvania ranks #22 of 52 nationally on average median income and #20 of 52 on average poverty rate, derived live by comparing it against every other tracked state. Averages are computed only across the cities PlainCities tracks in each state, not full state populations.

How Pennsylvania's home values compare nationally

Average tracked-city home value vs. all 52 US states/territories

$193,010 Among the most affordable more affordable than 65% of 52 US states

Show national distribution

Each bar is a $50K-wide band; taller bars hold more US states. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Largest cities in Pennsylvania

Showing the 100 most-populous tracked places, ordered by population. Download the CSV for every one of the 1,865 city records and their source-backed fields.

#	City	Population	Median Income	Home Value	Poverty
1	Philadelphia	1,582,432	$60,698	$232,400	17.5%
2	Pittsburgh	303,620	$64,137	$193,200	12.2%
3	Allentown	125,320	$53,403	$188,900	17.3%
4	Reading	94,836	$45,599	$109,800	23.1%
5	Erie	94,156	$43,397	$108,200	19.6%
6	Bethlehem	77,069	$66,443	$236,500	10.2%
7	Scranton	76,074	$49,531	$141,700	18.5%
8	Lancaster	57,683	$63,421	$203,700	17.7%
9	Levittown	50,930	$101,619	$311,000	4.8%
10	Harrisburg	50,092	$47,783	$121,000	27.5%
11	York	44,830	$47,115	$103,100	19.4%
12	Wilkes-Barre	44,217	$47,970	$108,000	17.4%
13	Altoona	43,508	$50,171	$113,600	13.9%
14	State College	40,669	$47,132	$414,400	5.2%
15	Norristown	35,782	$65,058	$205,100	15.2%
16	Chester	33,209	$39,809	$85,400	25.2%
17	Bethel Park	33,070	$104,129	$258,700	2.7%
18	Drexel Hill	30,015	$87,993	$239,900	7.0%
19	Hazleton	29,886	$43,379	$129,000	24.1%
20	Easton	29,079	$63,775	$169,200	14.7%
21	Monroeville	28,383	$78,191	$197,400	6.6%
22	Williamsport	27,629	$49,363	$146,500	18.4%
23	Plum	26,873	$98,475	$218,600	2.8%
24	Lebanon	26,600	$47,439	$143,200	19.3%
25	King of Prussia	25,025	$111,600	$396,500	2.6%
26	Pottstown	23,392	$56,174	$172,300	15.9%
27	Allison Park	22,108	$108,669	$328,700	0.8%
28	Chambersburg	22,051	$56,177	$196,200	8.1%
29	New Castle	21,727	$41,478	$72,000	18.9%
30	Carlisle	21,335	$59,742	$212,400	14.8%
31	Baldwin	21,159	$77,882	$191,700	9.4%
32	Murrysville	20,839	$120,685	$316,400	2.8%
33	West Mifflin	19,338	$70,335	$131,400	7.7%
34	West Chester	19,235	$81,492	$481,300	9.7%
35	Phoenixville	19,062	$94,411	$348,200	6.3%
36	Lansdale	18,865	$86,460	$319,000	6.3%
37	Johnstown	18,245	$34,784	$42,100	26.1%
38	Colonial Park	18,125	$69,804	$223,800	9.7%
39	McKeesport	17,520	$31,854	$69,800	30.8%
40	Fullerton	16,729	$63,357	$229,900	8.9%
41	Hanover	16,483	$64,135	$200,900	10.7%
42	Hermitage	16,132	$72,464	$187,600	9.2%
43	Horsham	15,866	$99,121	$363,100	1.3%
44	Weigelstown	15,401	$70,333	$202,100	4.7%
45	Franklin Park	15,273	$172,200	$467,700	0.7%
46	Whitehall	14,863	$85,000	$229,200	7.4%
47	Greensburg	14,777	$62,977	$177,000	7.7%
48	Hershey	14,334	$78,750	$339,300	5.1%
49	Indiana	14,170	$44,784	$123,300	2.5%
50	Ardmore	14,165	$115,273	$446,300	3.4%
51	Wilkinsburg	14,165	$48,565	$140,300	15.5%
52	Dunmore	14,123	$75,632	$186,900	6.9%
53	Willow Grove	13,919	$98,402	$326,300	3.1%
54	Ephrata	13,729	$68,117	$215,100	8.4%
55	Carnot-Moon	13,639	$95,777	$256,600	1.5%
56	Montgomeryville	13,572	$130,769	$452,400	2.7%
57	Pottsville	13,374	$53,465	$97,700	18.6%
58	Washington	13,361	$52,350	$121,000	10.5%
59	Kingston	13,333	$53,885	$164,200	15.8%
60	Coatesville	13,323	$57,323	$160,500	16.7%
61	Butler	13,306	$41,705	$112,500	16.1%
62	Sharon	13,019	$44,595	$79,100	17.7%
63	Bloomsburg	12,906	$49,096	$186,100	15.6%
64	Meadville	12,723	$46,012	$115,700	14.2%
65	St. Marys	12,612	$64,471	$143,900	3.1%
66	Jefferson Hills	12,313	$117,518	$309,600	1.4%
67	Yeadon	12,091	$57,336	$172,500	5.0%
68	New Kensington	12,072	$49,644	$132,400	6.7%
69	Elizabethtown	11,857	$67,770	$222,600	6.0%
70	Mountain Top	11,856	$105,286	$274,600	5.1%
71	Emmaus	11,727	$82,875	$244,300	3.4%
72	Lower Burrell	11,659	$81,860	$189,700	3.9%
73	Progress	11,143	$75,362	$192,000	7.4%
74	Wyomissing	11,100	$88,214	$326,800	2.5%
75	Lansdowne	11,064	$69,261	$199,200	6.6%
76	Waynesboro	11,044	$58,311	$180,400	5.8%
77	Shiloh	11,022	$82,205	$233,300	0.0%
78	Broomall	10,684	$114,844	$452,300	2.9%
79	Darby	10,664	$45,128	$101,900	29.8%
80	Munhall	10,633	$52,037	$118,900	11.5%
81	Nanticoke	10,610	$60,340	$103,800	15.2%
82	Northampton	10,366	$82,719	$225,400	6.2%
83	Berwick	10,291	$45,338	$135,000	18.6%
84	Woodlyn	10,276	$71,978	$227,100	5.0%
85	Columbia	10,217	$52,271	$174,200	11.7%
86	Roslyn	10,150	$91,106	$300,300	2.4%
87	Willow Street	10,010	$106,867	$298,200	2.4%
88	Brentwood	9,927	$60,432	$143,700	16.7%
89	Bristol	9,874	$70,595	$236,400	5.4%
90	Uniontown	9,819	$35,451	$87,600	19.4%
91	Morrisville	9,740	$94,126	$275,100	8.7%
92	Croydon	9,704	$59,883	$265,000	13.1%
93	Canonsburg	9,682	$80,581	$192,100	4.0%
94	Sunbury	9,643	$48,509	$98,000	15.6%
95	Bala Cynwyd	9,622	$144,453	$628,400	7.2%
96	Lititz	9,599	$82,861	$264,600	0.6%
97	Middletown	9,567	$54,778	$159,800	11.1%
98	Mechanicsburg	9,535	$81,696	$227,600	4.9%
99	Oil City	9,517	$52,688	$66,600	13.9%
100	Quakertown	9,298	$70,978	$253,200	6.6%

What to do with Pennsylvania's city data

1,865 cities is a lot to browse, here's where to start.

Philadelphia is Pennsylvania's largest tracked city by population, start there if you want the fullest picture of a major PA metro. Philadelphia profile
4 tracked cities in Pennsylvania sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income. Browse the city table by income column instead of trusting a single crown. All Pennsylvania cities
See how Pennsylvania's cities stack up nationally, not just against each other. National rankings

City counts and averages on this page cover only the 1,865 places with sufficient Census ACS data, smaller towns below the reporting threshold are not included.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.

Compare beyond this state

Nationwide similar states

Other states closest to Pennsylvania on two ACS statewide axes: tracked-city population sum and mean of city median household incomes. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a claim that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar statewide population

Nearest 50-state peers by ACS population of tracked cities. This state: 7,286,428.

4 peers

Similar mean household income

Nearest peers by mean of city median household incomes. This state: $73,537. Population peers are excluded.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many cities does PlainCities track in Pennsylvania?

PlainCities profiles 1,865 cities and towns in Pennsylvania, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2023).

What is the largest city in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia is the largest tracked city in Pennsylvania, with a population of 1,582,432.

What is the average household income in Pennsylvania?

Across the 1,865 tracked cities in Pennsylvania, the average median household income is $73,537. Individual cities vary widely - 4 tracked cities in Pennsylvania sit at the Census ACS top-code of $250,000 or more, so no single city can be named the highest-income.

What is the average poverty rate in Pennsylvania?

The average poverty rate across Pennsylvania's tracked cities is 8.3%, based on Census ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023).

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Largest Cities in Pennsylvania

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