What is the crime rate for ZIP code 17844?

The FBI does not publish crime data by ZIP code, and for Union County, PA (the county containing ZIP 17844) agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the UCR Program. The county figures shown cover only the agencies that submitted, so no meaningful crime rate can be stated for this area. Low reported counts here indicate missing reports, not an absence of crime.

What county is ZIP code 17844 in?

ZIP code 17844 is located in Union County, PA.

ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 17844

Union County, Pennsylvania: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Compiled by PlainCrime

Data updated 2026-08-24

10,227
Population (ZIP): 0
Violent rate /100K (county): 0
Property rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 17844 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 17844 sits within Union County, PA, in which law-enforcement agencies did not report complete 2024 data to the FBI UCR Program. The county figures below cover only the agencies that submitted, so they are not a measure of crime in this area and no comparison to the national average is drawn from them.

ZIP 17844 carries a Census-reported population of 10,227, ranking #2 of 11 ZIPs in Union County, spread across 106.61 square miles (about 96 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Union County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Union County crime page linked below.

ZIP 17844 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). Figures above use the Union County proxy where reported; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 17844 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income: $64,063
Median age: 37.2 years
Owner-occupied homes: 70%
Occupied homes: 3,901

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

ZIP 17844 settlement vs Union County

ZIP 17844 itself is about 96 people per Census sq mi across 106.6 sq mi (10,227 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 17844's 10,227 residents are about 24% of the 2024 county reporting population (42,681), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Settlement lines use Census ZCTA figures only; incomplete county agency coverage blocks any UCR mix or rate desk for this ZIP.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 17844

Similar Census population (~10,227)

ZIP 78112, TX · 10,234 pop · Δ7
ZIP 30814, GA · 10,237 pop · Δ10
ZIP 72114, AR · 10,214 pop · Δ13
ZIP 32340, FL · 10,213 pop · Δ14

County detail: Union County · State atlas: Pennsylvania

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.