15617 ZIP Code — Arona, PA

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ZIP code 15617 covers Arona, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 246 and a median household income of $96,250.

Population: 246497 per square mile
Median age: 5314.3 points above the US average
Median household income: $96,2501.3× the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 10.2%2.2 points below the US average
Typical home value: $121,030
Median rent: $78932% below the Pennsylvania median
Degree or higher: 20.1%14.9 points below the US average
Homeownership: 88%23 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 3

Where 15617 is

Arona, Pennsylvania — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population	246
Median age	53
Family households	51.2%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0.4%
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%
Veterans	8.6%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$96,250
Income per person	$51,998
Poverty rate	10.2%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	16%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	0.8%
$10–15k	6.4%
$15–20k	5.6%
$20–25k	1.6%
$25–30k	1.6%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	7.2%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	0.8%
$50–60k	8.8%
$60–75k	10.4%
$75–100k	7.2%
$100–125k	25.6%
$125–150k	4.0%
$150–200k	1.6%
$200k or more	18.4%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median gross rent	$789
Rent as a share of household income	12.7%
Owner-occupied	88%
Vacant homes	10.7%
Median year built	1941

What the homes are

Detached house	92.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%
Mobile home	2.9%

Home values and rents today

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Typical home value	$121,030as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 9.2%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	4.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%
High school diploma or higher	85.4%
Works from home	18.7%
Drives to work alone	71.1%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	5.9%

Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Colorectal screening	72.6% 8.3 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	69% 7.7 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	75.3% 0.6 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	37.3% 0.9 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	12.8% same as the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	3
People employed	7
Annual payroll	$235,000

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 6.8% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Very Low
Expected annual loss	4.8 out of 100
Community resilience	88.6 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide	88Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	69.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	64.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	57.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	56.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	47.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	36.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	30.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	25.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	24.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	20.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	17.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	7.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Pennsylvania and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Pennsylvania	United States
Median household income	$96,250	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$51,998	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	10.2%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	$789	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	88%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	18.7%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	53	40.9	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	MT PLEASANT, PA US14.8 km away
Rain in a year	44 in
Snow in a year	30 in

Average high and low by month

January	37.4°F / 20.7°F3.31 in rain, 9 in snow
February	40.6°F / 21°F2.24 in rain, 7.5 in snow
March	50°F / 27.7°F3.37 in rain, 5.6 in snow
April	62.2°F / 36.3°F3.64 in rain, 0.3 in snow
May	71.3°F / 47°F4.27 in rain
June	78.5°F / 56.1°F4.86 in rain
July	82.1°F / 60.1°F4.4 in rain
August	81.2°F / 58.6°F3.96 in rain
September	75.2°F / 50.9°F3.49 in rain
October	63.7°F / 40°F3.18 in rain, 0.1 in snow
November	51.8°F / 31.2°F3.44 in rain, 0.9 in snow
December	42°F / 25.4°F3.78 in rain, 6.4 in snow

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarket	19% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Yough School District	100% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	10more vulnerable than 10% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	7more vulnerable than 7% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	2more vulnerable than 2% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Walkability	5.9 out of 20Below average

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

15625 Darragh, PA	1.7 km away
15663 Madison, PA	2.8 km away
15691 Wendel, PA	3.7 km away
15611 Adamsburg, PA	5 km away
15637 Herminie, PA	5.5 km away
15664 Mammoth, PA	5.9 km away
15678 Rillton, PA	6.1 km away
15698 Yukon, PA	6.2 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Westmoreland County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	0.5 sq mi
Population density	497 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.2680, -79.6591

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.