ZIP 17980 · Tower City
Who lives in ZIP code 17980 (Tower City, PA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Tower City, PA · Dauphin County
uszips 2026
People3,342
Median age43.8
Household income$71,210
Home value$146,613
Median rent$841/mo
Poverty10.1%
College degree+14.3%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
- Wider region
- Harrisburg-York-Lebanon, PA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 37 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,282
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
24.7% are 65 or older; 81.7% are adults.
Household income
27.7% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $34,956.
Education (adults 25+)
52.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 43.8%
- Never married
- 33.5%
- Divorced
- 16.0%
- Widowed
- 6.6%
- Family size
- 3.03
- Dual-income families
- 50.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.9%
- Rent burden
- 21.7%
- Men / women
- 47% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.8%
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
- Self-employed
- 5.1%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.2%
- Veterans
- 5.7%
- With a disability
- 21.8%
- No health insurance
- 9.4%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.