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Waterford township, Erie County, PA

3,903 Population
50 square miles 78.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,665 ±$9,147 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $34,285 ±$548
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$71,442 ±$14,657 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Erie County: $61,476 ±$1,408
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.1% ±5.7% (431  ±221) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Erie County: 15.4% 39,543 (±1% / ±2,485)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.4 minutes ±3.9 (50,300  ±11,347) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Erie County: 19.9 2,200,970 (±0.4 / ±56,475)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,590 ±190 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,106 ±795
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (3,903  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 256,390 (±0 / ±168)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

11.2% ±11.2% (72  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Erie County: 6.1% † 3,649 (±0.8% / ±447)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,670 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,019 ±107
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$198,500 ±$43,443 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

11.3% ±7.1% (430  ±272) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie County: 12.4% 33,182 (±0.8% / ±2,057.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95% ±13.5% (2,688  ±434.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
14.7% ±6% (415  ±173.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 29.6% 55,240 (±0.9% / ±1,724.3)
  • 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

0.4% ±0.5% (16  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Erie County: 4.4% 11,749
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.9% ±5.2% (268  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 7.3% 15,545 (±0.3% / ±690)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
268 Total veterans ±156 248 Male ±153 20 Female ±28

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