19490 ZIP Code — Worcester, PA

ZIP code 19490 covers Worcester, Pennsylvania, with a median household income of $250,000.

Median age: 46.78 points above the US average
Median household income: $250,000+3.3× the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 0%12.4 points below the US average
Degree or higher: 75%40 points above the US average
Homeownership: 100%35 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 33

Where 19490 is

Worcester, 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 age	46.7
Family households	68.7%
Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	0%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$250,000+
Income per person	$101,718
Poverty rate	0%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	0%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	0.0%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	0.0%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	0.0%
$35–40k	0.0%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	0.0%
$50–60k	0.0%
$60–75k	0.0%
$75–100k	31.3%
$100–125k	0.0%
$125–150k	0.0%
$150–200k	0.0%
$200k or more	68.7%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Owner-occupied	100%
Vacant homes	27.2%
Median year built	1993

What the homes are

Detached house	100%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75%
High school diploma or higher	100%
Works from home	25%
Drives to work alone	75%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	0%

Health

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

Colorectal screening	71.4% 7.1 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	77.6% 16.3 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	82.7% 6.8 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	32.3% 4.1 pts below the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	6.5% 6.5 pts below the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	33
People employed	2,975
Annual payroll	$248,945,000

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 80.3% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss	85.2 out of 100
Community resilience	88.4 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.

Winter weather	95.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	92.2Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	89Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	87.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	87.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	85.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	78Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	74.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	72.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	68.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	66.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	46.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	35.9Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	33.3Relatively 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	$250,000+	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$101,718	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	0%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	100%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	0%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	25%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	46.7	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	GRATERFORD 1 E, PA US7 km away
Rain in a year	49 in
Snow in a year	13 in

Average high and low by month

January	39.7°F / 20.3°F3.32 in rain, 3.9 in snow
February	42.2°F / 22°F2.63 in rain, 5.4 in snow
March	50°F / 29°F3.89 in rain, 1.3 in snow
April	62.1°F / 38.8°F3.8 in rain, 0.1 in snow
May	72.2°F / 49.2°F3.99 in rain
June	81.3°F / 59°F4.21 in rain
July	86°F / 63.9°F4.97 in rain
August	84.4°F / 61.2°F4.56 in rain
September	78.1°F / 52.6°F4.9 in rain
October	66.2°F / 41.3°F4.52 in rain
November	55°F / 32.4°F3.35 in rain
December	44.8°F / 25.2°F4.38 in rain, 2.2 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	100% of this ZIP code's area
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area

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%.

Methacton 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	17more vulnerable than 17% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	3more vulnerable than 3% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	27more vulnerable than 27% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	39more vulnerable than 39% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	52more vulnerable than 52% of US census tracts
Walkability	7.4 out of 20Below average

Nearby ZIP codes

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

19404 Norristown, PA	2.1 km away
19407 Audubon, PA	2.1 km away
19450 Lederach, PA	2.1 km away
19451 Mainland, PA	2.1 km away
19484 Valley Forge, PA	2.1 km away
19423 Cedars, PA	2.8 km away
19409 Fairview Village, PA	4.6 km away
19486 West Point, PA	4.9 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 County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	0.73 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.1929, -75.3576

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.