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Wharton township, Fayette County, PA

3,330 Population
91.7 square miles 36.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,457 ±$5,207 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Fayette County: $32,278 ±$1,027
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$78,952 ±$4,263 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Fayette County: $56,093 ±$1,567
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

29.1% ±7.1% (907  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 17.5% 21,411 (±1.1% / ±1,291)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.1 minutes ±4.6 (28,265  ±4,257) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Fayette County: 26.6 1,292,210 (±0.7 / ±46,090)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,080 ±101 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 54,962 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (2,575  ±96) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 122,435 (±0 / ±80)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.6% ±3.2% (11  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Fayette County: 4.6% † 1,147 (±1.1% / ±266)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,404 ±145 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,060 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$223,100 ±$20,214 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Fayette County: $126,900 ±$5,994
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

19.7% ±8.8% (652  ±290.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 10,190 (±0.9% / ±1,146.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94% ±8.8% (2,371  ±303.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 90% 84,220 (±2% / ±1,879.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.3% ±5.8% (662  ±157.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 18.9% 17,723 (±1% / ±945.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

18% ±8.6% (600  ±287) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Fayette County: 1.5% 1,849
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.1% ±2% (86  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,322 (±0.6% / ±566)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
86 Total veterans ±56 86 Male ±56 N/A Female ±11

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