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19472 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 19472 covers Sassamansville, Pennsylvania.

Median age
51.713 points above the US average
Poverty rate
0%12.4 points below the US average
Degree or higher
22.2%12.8 points below the US average
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
4

Where 19472 is

Sassamansville, Pennsylvania — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age51.7
Born outside the US0%
Speaks a language other than English at home0%
White (non-Hispanic)100%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino0%
Veterans0%
Population by age
MaleFemale0-45-910-1415-1920-2425-3435-4445-5455-6465-7475-8485+
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$42,465
Poverty rate0%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes42.1%
Median year built1964

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate32.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher22.2%
High school diploma or higher84.4%
Health

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

Colorectal screening69% 4.7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist64.6% 3.3 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use80.9% 5 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours39.6% 3.2 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost10.1% 2.9 pts below the national average of 13%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments4
People employed35
Annual payroll$1,009,000
Natural hazard risk

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

Overall riskHigher than 9.6% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss26.1 out of 100
Community resilience88.4 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.

Drought91.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide68.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather67.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane55.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire47.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave47.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind43.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail38.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave36.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado33.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake30Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding23.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm10.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning7.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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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 ZIPPennsylvaniaUnited States
Median household income$76,081$78,538
Income per person$42,465$43,104$43,289
Poverty rate0%11.8%12.4%
Median home value$240,500$303,400
Median gross rent$1,162$1,348
Homeownership69.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher22.2%34.5%35%
Unemployment rate32.3%5.2%5.2%
Works from home13.8%13.5%
Born outside the US0%7.4%13.9%
Median age51.740.938.7
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 stationPOTTSTOWN LIMERICK AP, PA US12 km away
Rain in a year45 in

Average high and low by month

January37.4°F / 22°F3.02 in rain
February40.4°F / 23.4°F2.56 in rain
March49.1°F / 30.4°F4.07 in rain
April61.3°F / 40°F3.64 in rain
May71°F / 49.9°F3.69 in rain
June79.3°F / 58.9°F3.84 in rain
July83.8°F / 64.2°F4.72 in rain
August81.5°F / 62.2°F4.38 in rain
September74.6°F / 54.8°F4.83 in rain
October63.3°F / 43.3°F3.81 in rain
November52.4°F / 33.7°F3.02 in rain
December42.1°F / 26.7°F3.76 in rain
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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone 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%.

Boyertown Area School District100% 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 vulnerability4more vulnerable than 4% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status13more vulnerable than 13% of US census tracts
Household characteristics4more vulnerable than 4% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status8more vulnerable than 8% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport17more vulnerable than 17% of US census tracts
Walkability5.7 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

19435 Frederick, PA2 km away
19504 Barto, PA4.1 km away
19545 New Berlinville, PA4.5 km away
19525 Gilbertsville, PA4.6 km away
19505 Bechtelsville, PA5.6 km away
19503 Bally, PA6.7 km away
19512 Boyertown, PA7.1 km away
18074 Perkiomenville, PA7.2 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.

Montgomery County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.65 sq mi
Latitude, longitude40.3448, -75.5775

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.

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