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Towanda borough, Bradford County, PA

2,791 Population
1.1 square miles 2,456.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±9.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bradford County: 43.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,628 ±$3,572 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bradford County: $35,860 ±$1,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,888 ±$9,593 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bradford County: $63,675 ±$2,517
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±5.7% (348  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Bradford County: 12.7% 7,479 (±1.2% / ±695)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.8 minutes ±2.7 (24,320  ±5,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bradford County: 24.1 557,325 (±0.6 / ±20,923)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,253 ±111 Number of households
  • Bradford County: 24,610 ±272
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (2,757  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bradford County: 2.4 59,151 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,575 ±118 Number of housing units
  • Bradford County: 29,486 ±66
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$166,900 ±$5,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Bradford County: $187,500 ±$6,366
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.7% ±7.2% (461  ±199) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Bradford County: 9.1% † 5,422 (±1.2% / ±688.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.4% ±8.6% (1,722  ±243.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bradford County: 90.7% 38,546 (±2.1% / ±892.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.8% ±6.1% (469  ±129.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bradford County: 20.6% 8,737 (±1.1% / ±465.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3% ±2.7% (84  ±76) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bradford County: 1.7% 1,006
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±4.4% (130  ±97) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Bradford County: 8.1% 3,773 (±0.6% / ±257)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
130 Total veterans ±97 105 Male ±64 25 Female ±39

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