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Metal township, Franklin County, PA

1,648 Population
44.5 square miles 37 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,012 ±$6,582 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $39,149 ±$1,114
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$77,009 ±$6,474 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $74,946 ±$1,764
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.6% ±5.4% (207  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 7.8% † 11,995 (±0.8% / ±1,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.2 minutes ±9.2 (25,840  ±5,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 1,612,930 (±0.9 / ±67,578)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

715 ±140 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 63,028 ±476
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.6 (1,648  ±285) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 154,791 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.2% ±3.1% (9  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 4.8% † 1,589 (±1% / ±316)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

851 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 66,787 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$190,000 ±$16,136 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $236,300 ±$4,420
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.5% ±5.2% (172  ±90.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 10% † 15,579 (±1.1% / ±1,715.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.9% ±21.4% (1,128  ±166.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 90.7% 100,198 (±2% / ±2,197.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
18.1% ±6.9% (230  ±97.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 24% 26,471 (±1.1% / ±1,188.7)
  • about half 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

2% ±2.3% (33  ±38) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 3.9% 6,131
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.5% ±2.7% (89  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 8.8% 10,768 (±0.6% / ±734)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
89 Total veterans ±40 83 Male ±39 6 Female ±6

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