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Jenks township, Forest County, PA

3,626 Population
84.4 square miles 42.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Forest County: 48.7 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$17,323 ±$2,545 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Forest County: $24,303 ±$1,728
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,865 ±$3,566 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Forest County: $52,191 ±$3,237
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.6% ±3% (60  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Forest County: 11.9% † 512 (±2.3% / ±100)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.4 minutes ±4.4 (10,200  ±3,149) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Forest County: 23 † 36,415 (±2.5 / ±5,590)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

610 ±71 Number of households
  • Forest County: 1,920 ±90
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.3 (1,297  ±60) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Forest County: 2.2 4,296 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

1,498 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Forest County: 6,937 ±43
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$100,000 ±$12,492 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Forest County: $115,300 ±$8,976
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.5% ±5.4% (780  ±196.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Forest County: 14.6% † 979 (±3% / ±203.9)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.5% ±6.5% (2,849  ±227.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest County: 85.3% 5,021 (±4.2% / ±264.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.1% ±2.8% (408  ±94.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Forest County: 12.3% † 724 (±1.8% / ±105)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.7% ±1.1% (97  ±41) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Forest County: 1.9% 130
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.8% (210  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Forest County: 7.8% † 504 (±1.9% / ±120)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
210 Total veterans ±102 203 Male ±102 7 Female ±8

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