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Watsontown borough, Northumberland County, PA

1,845 Population
0.7 square miles 2,601.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±7.3 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

$29,903 ±$3,438 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northumberland County: $32,241 ±$887
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$53,355 ±$11,966 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Northumberland County: $57,948 ±$1,782
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

14.1% ±5.9% (243  ±110) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 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)

16.2 minutes ±0.6 (13,080  ±2,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Northumberland County: 25.4 940,525 (±1.1 / ±46,216)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

827 ±125 Number of households
  • Northumberland County: 37,581 ±478
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (1,752  ±296) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Northumberland County: 2.3 87,265 (±0 / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

11.2% ±7.4% (36  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Northumberland County: 6.3% † 1,122 (±1.1% / ±196)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

897 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Northumberland County: 43,395 ±55
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$161,200 ±$11,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Northumberland County: $151,600 ±$6,346
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.3% ±3.7% (187  ±73.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Northumberland County: 9.2% † 8,267 (±0.9% / ±845.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.3% ±18.2% (1,233  ±169.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Northumberland County: 90% 59,989 (±1.9% / ±1,295.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
15.6% ±4% (210  ±62.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Northumberland County: 19.2% 12,778 (±1% / ±660.9)
  • about half 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

2.2% ±1.3% (40  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Northumberland County: 1.7% 1,554
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.2% ±2.8% (105  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 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)
105 Total veterans ±43 105 Male ±43 N/A Female ±11

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