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Wampum borough, Lawrence County, PA

498 Population
1 square miles 505.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,659 ±$11,065 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $34,283 ±$861
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$49,375 ±$14,919 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $60,779 ±$1,899
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

19% ±6.4% (94  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 11.6% 9,628 (±1% / ±821)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.7 minutes ±6.7 (5,440  ±2,058) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 23.7 793,270 (±0.7 / ±31,882)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

254 ±35 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 36,005 ±425
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2 ±0.2 (498  ±81) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lawrence County: 2.3 83,246 (±0 / ±26)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.2% ±8.1% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 4.7% † 812 (±1.2% / ±198)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

274 ±36 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 39,597 ±61
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$97,200 ±$6,116 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lawrence County: $136,700 ±$4,591
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.8% ±4.9% (53  ±25.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 10.5% † 8,875 (±1.2% / ±1,018.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.7% ±5.9% (353  ±55.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lawrence County: 92.4% 56,840 (±2.1% / ±1,282.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
10.6% ±6.9% (42  ±28) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lawrence County: 22.8% 14,016 (±1.1% / ±696.1)
  • about one-third 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

2.4% ±3.8% (12  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 1.6% 1,375
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.6% ±3.6% (34  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 8.3% 5,632 (±0.7% / ±474)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
34 Total veterans ±17 34 Male ±17 N/A Female ±11

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