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Washington township, Franklin County, PA

15,060 Population
39.1 square miles 385.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 42.2 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,563 ±$3,029 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $39,149 ±$1,114
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$77,917 ±$7,227 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

5.4% ±2.9% (805  ±432) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 7.8% † 11,995 (±0.8% / ±1,298)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.1 minutes ±2.7 (164,245  ±21,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 1,612,930 (±0.9 / ±67,578)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,005 ±338 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 63,028 ±476
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (15,060  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 154,791 (±0 / ±57)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.3% ±1.6% (69  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 4.8% † 1,589 (±1% / ±316)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

6,381 ±377 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 66,787 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$251,500 ±$13,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $236,300 ±$4,420
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.6% ±4% (1,746  ±602.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 10% † 15,579 (±1.1% / ±1,715.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.6% ±5.3% (9,975  ±691.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 90.7% 100,198 (±2% / ±2,197.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22.6% ±3% (2,465  ±343.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 24% 26,471 (±1.1% / ±1,188.7)
  • 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

2.9% ±1.2% (442  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 3.9% 6,131
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

11.4% ±2.4% (1,340  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 8.8% 10,768 (±0.6% / ±734)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,340 Total veterans ±289 1,119 Male ±262 221 Female ±80

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