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Coal township, Northumberland County, PA

9,850 Population
26.3 square miles 374.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Northumberland County: 44.4 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,756 ±$2,517 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Northumberland County: $32,241 ±$887
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$49,182 ±$3,221 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Northumberland County: $57,948 ±$1,782
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.8% ±4% (997  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northumberland County: 12.2% † 10,671 (±1.2% / ±1,077)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27 minutes ±3.2 (82,045  ±13,107) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Northumberland County: 25.4 940,525 (±1.1 / ±46,216)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,626 ±258 Number of households
  • Northumberland County: 37,581 ±478
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2 ±0.1 (7,252  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northumberland County: 2.3 87,265 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.8% ±5.6% (102  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northumberland County: 6.3% † 1,122 (±1.1% / ±196)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,045 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Northumberland County: 43,395 ±55
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$86,100 ±$5,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Northumberland County: $151,600 ±$6,346
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.7% ±2.7% (1,335  ±261.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Northumberland County: 9.2% † 8,267 (±0.9% / ±845.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.6% ±5.9% (7,081  ±528) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Northumberland County: 90% 59,989 (±1.9% / ±1,295.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
10.6% ±2.3% (867  ±188.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Northumberland County: 19.2% 12,778 (±1% / ±660.9)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.4% (74  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Northumberland County: 1.7% 1,554
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.8% ±1.6% (598  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northumberland County: 8.3% 6,040 (±0.6% / ±417)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
598 Total veterans ±139 577 Male ±141 21 Female ±18

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