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Watts township, Perry County, PA

1,570 Population
11.9 square miles 132.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,886 ±$17,537 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Perry County: $39,403 ±$1,532
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,375 ±$35,037 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $79,444 ±$2,718
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.9% ±3.2% (61  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Perry County: 8% † 3,650 (±1.1% / ±515)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.4 minutes ±15.8 (20,315  ±5,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 32 602,850 (±0.7 / ±20,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

699 ±131 Number of households
  • Perry County: 18,299 ±207
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (1,570  ±305) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 2.5 45,769 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

764 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 20,049 ±65
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,400 ±$31,021 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Perry County: $236,400 ±$6,133
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.4% ±2.4% (69  ±40) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Perry County: 5.4% † 2,486 (±0.7% / ±309.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±23.3% (1,099  ±199.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 89.5% 29,939 (±2.5% / ±836.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.7% ±10% (367  ±141.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 20.2% 6,763 (±1.2% / ±412.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.7% ±2% (42  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perry County: 1.7% 780
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±2.1% (68  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perry County: 8% 2,901 (±0.8% / ±289)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
68 Total veterans ±30 61 Male ±30 7 Female ±8

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