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Punxsutawney borough, Jefferson County, PA

5,689 Population
3.4 square miles 1,690.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 43.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,092 ±$3,573 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jefferson County: $31,091 ±$912
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$43,097 ±$4,321 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $56,898 ±$2,304
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

21.4% ±7.2% (1,184  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Jefferson County: 15.3% 6,594 (±1.4% / ±621)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.2 minutes ±2.3 (54,490  ±7,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 23.9 430,780 (±0.8 / ±17,822)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,643 ±205 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 18,207 ±252
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (5,518  ±20) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 43,360 (±0 / ±13)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.2% ±4.8% (60  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.8% † 508 (±1.4% / ±125)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,988 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 22,053 ±64
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$102,500 ±$12,675 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $126,700 ±$4,941
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.4% ±7.5% (753  ±425) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 8.1% † 3,519 (±1.3% / ±550.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.8% ±7.5% (3,820  ±375.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 91.4% 28,787 (±2.1% / ±649.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.6% ±4.2% (788  ±173.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 17.5% 5,509 (±1% / ±309.9)
  • about three-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

0.1% ±0.1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 0.4% 196
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.2% ±3% (326  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 8.1% 2,804 (±0.7% / ±248)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
326 Total veterans ±137 268 Male ±132 58 Female ±58

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