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Lower Towamensing township, Carbon County, PA

3,073 Population
21.3 square miles 144.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,892 ±$6,301 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $36,380 ±$1,712
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,712 ±$13,255 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Carbon County: $67,877 ±$3,574
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.1% ±4.6% (372  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 12.1% † 7,697 (±1.6% / ±1,017)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

34.1 minutes ±3.1 (50,460  ±9,726) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Carbon County: 32.2 877,695 (±1.4 / ±47,839)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,266 ±173 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,093 ±536
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.3 (3,064  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,316 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

12.4% ±12.7% (55  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Carbon County: 5.1% † 671 (±1.3% / ±172)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,411 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,299 ±40
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$214,800 ±$20,222 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $193,700 ±$8,650
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.4% ±6.5% (283  ±194.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 9.2% † 5,915 (±1.4% / ±915)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.1% ±12.1% (2,304  ±327.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 90.3% 43,500 (±2.9% / ±1,408.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.7% ±6.2% (351  ±160.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 18.3% 8,840 (±1.4% / ±655.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (15  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Carbon County: 3.8% 2,442
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5% ±2.3% (133  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carbon County: 7.8% † 4,089 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
133 Total veterans ±61 114 Male ±59 19 Female ±31

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