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Elk Creek township, Erie County, PA

1,647 Population
34.7 square miles 47.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,073 ±$3,095 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $34,285 ±$548
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$85,882 ±$10,875 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Erie County: $61,476 ±$1,408
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.6% ±2% (76  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 15.4% 39,543 (±1% / ±2,485)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26.3 minutes ±1.7 (17,765  ±2,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Erie County: 19.9 2,200,970 (±0.4 / ±56,475)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

628 ±76 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,106 ±795
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.1 (1,647  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 256,390 (±0 / ±168)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

687 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,019 ±107
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$201,700 ±$26,528 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $169,500 ±$3,756
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4% ±2.4% (65  ±39.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 12.4% 33,182 (±0.8% / ±2,057.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.9% ±16.5% (1,187  ±126.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.6% 172,620 (±1.6% / ±2,886.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23% ±4.5% (288  ±68.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 29.6% 55,240 (±0.9% / ±1,724.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

1% ±0.7% (17  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 4.4% 11,749
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

10.9% ±3.4% (150  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 7.3% 15,545 (±0.3% / ±690)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
150 Total veterans ±50 143 Male ±47 7 Female ±7

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