17237 Zip Code (Mont Alto, PA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,723
Zip code population in 2010: 1,917
Zip code population in 2000: 1,758

Houses and condos: 678
Renter-occupied apartments: 168
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 17237: 87.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 2.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 594 people per square mile

(low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $1,869 (1.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,024 (1.1%)

For population 25 years and over in 17237:

• High school or higher: 85.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%
• Graduate or professional degree: 6.1%
• Unemployed: 4.6%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 24.4 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 17237:

• Never married: 38.7%
• Now married: 47.5%
• Separated: 0.6%
• Widowed: 6.0%
• Divorced: 7.2%

• 
• • 1,46485.2%White
  • 885.1%Two or more races
  • 513.0%Asian
  • 432.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 382.2%Some other race
  • 352.0%Black

Urban population: 1,716
Rural population: 6

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 17237, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $48,266 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$48,266
State:	$75,707

Salary/wage: $43,578 (reported on 82.8% of returns)

Here:	$43,578
State:	$62,806

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 982.9% for AGIs below $25k, 3655.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5963.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9518.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14920.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $653 (reported on 21.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$653
Pennsylvania:	$1,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.8% for AGIs below $25k, 13.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 47.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 34.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $882 (reported on 12.6% of returns)

Here:	$882
State:	$7,382

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.2% for AGIs below $25k, 13.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,025 (reported on 9.2% of returns)

Here:	+$1,025
State:	+$23,522

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.1% for AGIs below $25k, 14.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 102.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$8,386 (reported on 8.0% of returns)

Here:	+$8,386
State:	+$16,274

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 179.5% for AGIs below $25k, 190.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,233 (reported on 10.3% of returns)

17237:	$12,233
Pennsylvania:	$18,583

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 137.1% for AGIs below $25k, 124.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1352.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,077 (reported on 14.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,077
State:	$2,100

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 82.4% for AGIs below $25k, 46.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 90.8%

Here:	91%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 88.9% for AGIs below $25k, 92.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 92.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 90.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 87.5% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 17237, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $43,368 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$43,368
State:	$61,346

Salary/wage: $38,688 (reported on 87.8% of returns)

Here:	$38,688
State:	$51,902

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 70.8% for AGIs below $25k, 78.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 83.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 73.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $600 (reported on 29.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$600
Pennsylvania:	$1,588

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,356 (reported on 12.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,356
State:	$5,827

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,120 (reported on 6.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,120
State:	+$14,495

Profit/loss from business: +$11,029 (reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	+$11,029
State:	+$16,268

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $8,312 (reported on 10.8% of returns)

17237:	$8,312
Pennsylvania:	$14,550

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.0% for AGIs below $25k, 2.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Total itemized deductions: $15,911 (23% of AGI, reported on 24.3% of returns)

Here:	$15,911
State:	$23,538

Here:	22.6% of AGI
State:	18.4% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $3,560 (reported on 13.5% of returns)

Here:	$3,560
State:	$4,025

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxes paid: $4,706 (reported on 24.3% of returns)

17237:	$4,706
State:	$9,982

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $1,846 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,846
State:	$2,106

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.7% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 51.4%

Here:	51%
State:	53%

(% for various income ranges: 44.4% for AGIs below $25k, 52.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 58.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 57.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 60.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 17237, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $37,089 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$37,089
State:	$48,049

Salary/wage: $34,995 (reported on 86.8% of returns)

Here:	$34,995
State:	$42,646

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 90.3% for AGIs below $10k, 78.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 82.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 86.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 80.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 70.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $922 (reported on 40.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$922
Pennsylvania:	$1,657

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.5% for AGIs below $10k, 1.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $839 (reported on 15.7% of returns)

Here:	$839
State:	$3,566

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$3,667 (reported on 7.6% of returns)

Here:	+$3,667
State:	+$9,716

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $10k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$3,721 (reported on 8.1% of returns)

Here:	+$3,721
State:	+$14,267

IRA payment deduction: $2,909 (reported on 1.5% of returns)

17237:	$2,909
Pennsylvania:	$2,903

Total itemized deductions: $13,182 (21% of AGI, reported on 21.9% of returns)

Here:	$13,182
State:	$18,804

Here:	21.4% of AGI
State:	19.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 11.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,482 (4% of AGI, reported on 14.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,482
State:	$3,337

Here:	3.7% of AGI
State:	3.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $3,848 (reported on 77.9% of returns)

17237:	$3,848
State:	$8,008

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $10k, 4.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,615 (reported on 12.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,615
State:	$1,643

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 56.6%

Here:	57%
State:	56%

(% for various income ranges: 50.4% for AGIs below $10k, 57.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 54.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 65.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 55.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 55.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 17261, 17247, 17268, 17202, 17222, 17250.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 67
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 582

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 10 (0 now married, 8 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 514 (166 now married, 348 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 17237 with a mortgage: 314 (38 second mortgage, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,311
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $535

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

• Zip code 17237 household income distribution in 2022

• 25Less than $10,000
• 19$10,000 to $14,999
• 19$20,000 to $24,999
• 9$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$30,000 to $34,999
• 27$35,000 to $39,999
• 37$40,000 to $44,999
• 10$45,000 to $49,999
• 67$50,000 to $59,999
• 153$60,000 to $74,999
• 94$75,000 to $99,999
• 97$100,000 to $124,999
• 54$125,000 to $149,999
• 16$150,000 to $199,999
• 14$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 17237

• 11$10,000 to $14,999
• 5$50,000 to $59,999
• 3$60,000 to $69,999
• 2$70,000 to $79,999
• 6$80,000 to $89,999
• 8$90,000 to $99,999
• 43$100,000 to $124,999
• 51$125,000 to $149,999
• 80$150,000 to $174,999
• 66$175,000 to $199,999
• 111$200,000 to $249,999
• 23$250,000 to $299,999
• 22$300,000 to $399,999
• 2$750,000 to $999,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 17237

• 7$500 to $549
• 12$550 to $599
• 3$600 to $649
• 3$700 to $749
• 3$750 to $799
• 37$800 to $899
• 27$900 to $999
• 63$1,000 to $1,249

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,177.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $192,640
• Black or African American householders: $253,177
• Asian householders: $146,280

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $189,714 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $149,141 - $234,315

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $291,384

Here:	$291,384
State:	$317,202

Townhouses or other attached units: $216,721

Here:	$216,721
State:	$254,369

In 2-unit structures: $140,809

Here:	$140,809
State:	$249,182

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $525,683

Here:	$525,683
State:	$320,068

Mobile homes: $76,466

Here:	$76,466
State:	$92,414

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 469
• One, attached: 108
• Two: 13
• 3 or 4: 13
• 5 to 9: 35
• 10 to 19: 12
• Mobile homes: 22

Unemployment: 4.6%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 17237

• 77.3%709Drove a car alone
• 7.6%70Carpooled
• 5.0%46Walked
• 8.6%79Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 17237

• 36Less than 5 minutes
• 435 to 9 minutes
• 6410 to 14 minutes
• 13315 to 19 minutes
• 19020 to 24 minutes
• 11625 to 29 minutes
• 6230 to 34 minutes
• 4935 to 39 minutes
• 3640 to 44 minutes
• 4545 to 59 minutes
• 2660 to 89 minutes
• 1690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 82.6%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,723

• Male householders: 385 (72 living alone), Female householders: 265 (53 living alone)

• 360 spouses (360 opposite-sex spouses), 38 unmarried partners, (38 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 334 children (325 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 47 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 277 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 246 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 42 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 124 1-person, 39 2-persons, 11 3-persons

105 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (74 women).

90.4% of residents of 17237 zip code speak English at home.
5.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% very well, 10% well, 9% not well, 11% not at all).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
2.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% well, 33% not well, 35% not at all).

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.4%

Population in 1990: 1,601. Population change in the 1990s: +157 (+9.8%).

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

• This state: 1,170
• Northeast: 43
• Midwest: 83
• South: 285
• West: 37

56% of the 17237 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.

94% of the 17237 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% 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): 8
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 90

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• MICROMEG INC (MAIN STREET in MONT ALTO, PA; small business) : $829,290 in 9 contracts from 1999 to 2005

  Contracts for ADP Software, Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.), ADP Facility Operation and Maintenance Services by Navy
  Signed by year: 2000: $209,985; 2001: $209,985; 2002: $98,997; 2003: $132,025; 2004: $24,500; 2005: -$56,187; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $209,985 with Navy for ADP Software. Signed on 2001-10-01. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
  $209,985 with Navy for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Signed on 1999-10-01. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
  $209,985, same as above. Signed on 2000-09-25. Completion date: 2001-09-29.
  $98,997, same as above. Signed on 2003-10-20. Completion date: 2004-03-31.
  

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

• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (10-19: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 2)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Dentists (1-4: 1)

2004 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2004 - 2018 the average number of fires per year is 12. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 27 took place in 2016, and the least - 3 in 2018. The data has a declining trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (63.8%), and Outside Fires (29.4%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 17237
• 11363.8%Structure Fires
• 5229.4%Outside Fires
• 95.1%Other
• 31.7%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 17237, Pennsylvania

Most common first names in zip code 17237 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Charles	15	70.7 years
John	15	74.0 years
George	12	75.1 years
Robert	11	68.7 years
Mary	9	76.3 years
Paul	9	68.5 years
Margaret	8	80.6 years
Ruth	6	75.5 years
William	5	69.8 years
Donald	4	75.2 years

Most common last names in zip code 17237 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Bumbaugh	12	72.7 years
Wagaman	12	77.1 years
Kauffman	10	76.5 years
Jones	8	78.6 years
Kline	6	76.0 years
Verdier	6	77.0 years
Shaffer	6	73.5 years
Staley	6	82.0 years
Hoover	5	79.2 years
Slaybaugh	5	79.6 years