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Ridgway township, Elk County, PA

2,321 Population
86.9 square miles 26.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Elk County: 48.5 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,203 ±$3,150 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Elk County: $35,683 ±$2,064
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$76,912 ±$10,350 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $64,103 ±$4,145
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.2% ±2.8% (168  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 9.1% † 2,756 (±1.6% / ±481)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.9 minutes ±3.3 (20,920  ±4,169) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 18 256,315 (±0.8 / ±14,259)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,020 ±90 Number of households
  • Elk County: 13,481 ±283
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (2,321  ±270) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Elk County: 2.3 30,357 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.9% ±5.8% (33  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Elk County: 4.9% † 283 (±1.8% / ±105)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,158 ±99 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 16,876 ±31
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$177,600 ±$18,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Elk County: $128,600 ±$6,029
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

2.4% ±1.5% (55  ±34.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Elk County: 8.6% † 2,631 (±1.8% / ±537.8)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92% ±3.3% (1,545  ±147.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 93.5% 21,276 (±3.3% / ±767.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.6% ±3.4% (229  ±59.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elk County: 19.9% 4,538 (±1.7% / ±394.5)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.8% (17  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Elk County: 1.4% 434
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.4% ±2.6% (135  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8% † 1,986 (±1% / ±256)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
135 Total veterans ±48 135 Male ±48 N/A Female ±11

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