19559 ZIP Code — Strausstown, PA

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ZIP code 19559 covers Strausstown, Pennsylvania, with a population of about 341 and a median household income of $88,194.

Population: 341589 per square mile
Median household income: $88,1941.2× the Pennsylvania median
Poverty rate: 4.7%7.7 points below the US average
Median home value: $161,30033% below the Pennsylvania median
Degree or higher: 8.6%26.4 points below the US average
Homeownership: 91.9%26.9 points above the US average
Time zone: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses: 14

Where 19559 is

Strausstown, 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

Population	341
Family households	79.7%
Born outside the US	6.7%
Speaks a language other than English at home	4%
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%
Veterans	4.5%

Population by age

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income	$88,194
Income per person	$35,364
Poverty rate	4.7%
Households on SNAP or cash assistance	2.4%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	6.5%
$10–15k	0.0%
$15–20k	5.7%
$20–25k	0.0%
$25–30k	0.0%
$30–35k	10.6%
$35–40k	14.6%
$40–45k	0.0%
$45–50k	0.0%
$50–60k	0.8%
$60–75k	1.6%
$75–100k	23.6%
$100–125k	4.9%
$125–150k	13.0%
$150–200k	10.6%
$200k or more	8.1%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median home value	$161,300
Owner-occupied	91.9%
Vacant homes	15.8%
Median year built	1938

What the homes are

Detached house	73.3%
Attached house	18.5%
2 to 4 units	6.8%
Mobile home	1.4%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate	5.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%
High school diploma or higher	88.2%
Works from home	5.6%
Drives to work alone	92.7%
Takes public transport	0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more	21.9%

Health

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

Colorectal screening	69.8% 5.5 pts above the national average of 64.3%
Visited a dentist	66.7% 5.4 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Mammography use	75.9% same as the national average of 75.9%
Sleeps under 7 hours	38.4% 2 pts above the national average of 36.4%
All natural teeth lost	11.6% 1.4 pts below the national average of 13%

Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments	14
People employed	156
Annual payroll	$9,317,000

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 73% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively Moderate
Expected annual loss	72.4 out of 100
Community resilience	77.9 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	96.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	95Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	85.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	85.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	82.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	81.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning	78.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	76.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	73Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	72.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	70.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	66.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	63Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	49.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche	18.3Very 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	$88,194	$76,081	$78,538
Income per person	$35,364	$43,104	$43,289
Poverty rate	4.7%	11.8%	12.4%
Median home value	$161,300	$240,500	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,162	$1,348
Homeownership	91.9%	69.3%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	34.5%	35%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.2%	5.2%
Works from home	5.6%	13.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	6.7%	7.4%	13.9%
Median age	—	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	HAMBURG, PA US17.4 km away
Rain in a year	49 in
Snow in a year	21 in

Average high and low by month

January	37.7°F / 20°F3.45 in rain, 5.1 in snow
February	40.6°F / 21.9°F2.73 in rain, 7.1 in snow
March	49.9°F / 30°F3.7 in rain, 4.6 in snow
April	62.5°F / 39.8°F3.72 in rain, 0.3 in snow
May	72.6°F / 50.3°F4.08 in rain
June	80.9°F / 59.6°F4.96 in rain
July	85.3°F / 64.4°F5.15 in rain
August	83.1°F / 62.5°F4.92 in rain
September	76.1°F / 54.7°F5.09 in rain
October	64.3°F / 42.4°F4.47 in rain
November	52.6°F / 33.2°F3.32 in rain, 0.5 in snow
December	42°F / 25.6°F3.89 in rain, 3.7 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	None of this ZIP code
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%.

Hamburg Area 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	23more vulnerable than 23% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	56more vulnerable than 56% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	12more vulnerable than 12% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	2more vulnerable than 2% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	19more vulnerable than 19% of US census tracts
Walkability	5.2 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

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

19506 Bernville, PA	6.6 km away
19550 Rehrersburg, PA	6.9 km away
17979 Summit Station, PA	6.9 km away
19554 Shartlesville, PA	6.9 km away
19507 Bethel, PA	7.9 km away
17922 Auburn, PA	12 km away
19544 Mount Aetna, PA	12.7 km away
17933 Friedensburg, PA	13 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.

Berks County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	0.58 sq mi
Water area	0.01 sq mi
Population density	589 people per sq mi
Latitude, longitude	40.4945, -76.1825

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.