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Plainfield township, Northampton County, PA

6,229 Population
24.7 square miles 251.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Northampton County: 42 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,721 ±$3,549 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northampton County: $44,837 ±$1,491
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$83,125 ±$11,410 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Northampton County: $86,687 ±$1,637
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10% ±6% (618  ±370) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northampton County: 8.8% 26,577 (±0.7% / ±2,172)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.2 minutes ±3.8 (74,915  ±13,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 27.4 3,690,820 (±0.6 / ±103,407)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,479 ±205 Number of households
  • Northampton County: 121,496 ±846
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (6,214  ±28) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Northampton County: 2.5 303,453 (±0 / ±320)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

2,524 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Northampton County: 128,612 ±154
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$298,300 ±$31,377 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Northampton County: $285,000 ±$3,453
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.2% ±2.8% (200  ±171.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Northampton County: 10.6% 33,088 (±0.7% / ±2,201.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±9% (4,201  ±461.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Northampton County: 92.7% 205,721 (±1.5% / ±3,282.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.9% ±5.4% (1,114  ±257.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Northampton County: 33.8% 74,974 (±0.9% / ±1,999.4)
  • 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

2.3% ±2.1% (142  ±132) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Northampton County: 8.4% 26,475
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.4% ±4.1% (447  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Northampton County: 6.5% 16,638 (±0.3% / ±830)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
447 Total veterans ±217 391 Male ±200 56 Female ±65

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