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Carbon County, PA

65,458 Population
381.4 square miles 171.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,317 ±$2,715 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,229 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.5% ±3.5% (7,914  ±2,184) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.2 minutes ±1.4 (877,695  ±47,839) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

28,934 ±1,168 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0.1 (64,607  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.3% ±2.4% (420  ±308) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,528 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$207,900 ±$15,112 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

7.8% ±2.3% (5,103  ±1,499.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.3% ±6% (44,680  ±2,931.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
18.3% ±3.2% (8,960  ±1,540.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

5.5% (3,603  ±1,462) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

8.4% ±1.8% (4,492  ±978) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,492 Total veterans ±978 4,134 Male ±984 358 Female ±225

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