ZIP 17851 · Mount Carmel
Who lives in ZIP code 17851 (Mount Carmel, PA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Mount Carmel, PA · Northumberland County
uszips 2026
People7,234
Median age43.3
Household income$53,637
Home value$77,458
Median rent$751/mo
Poverty15.8%
College degree+18.2%
Commute25 min
Place
- Metro area
- Sunbury, PA (micro)
- Wider region
- Bloomsburg-Berwick-Sunbury, PA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 186 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 3,011
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
23.1% are 65 or older; 79.9% are adults.
Household income
19.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $31,345.
Education (adults 25+)
49.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.5% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 40.5%
- Never married
- 35.9%
- Divorced
- 15.3%
- Widowed
- 8.3%
- Family size
- 2.90
- Dual-income families
- 41.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.9%
- Rent burden
- 17.3%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 50.5%
- Unemployment
- 7.5%
- Self-employed
- 4.9%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 4.6%
- Veterans
- 8.3%
- With a disability
- 21.3%
- No health insurance
- 2.2%
- Limited English
- 0.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.