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Wheatfield township, Perry County, PA

3,199 Population
20.8 square miles 153.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,307 ±$3,797 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $38,594 ±$1,392
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$100,393 ±$20,137 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $78,824 ±$3,086
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.4% ±4.7% (268  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 8% † 3,651 (±1% / ±444)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.8 minutes ±3.6 (48,105  ±7,191) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 31.5 607,880 (±0.8 / ±22,933)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,173 ±93 Number of households
  • Perry County: 18,232 ±230
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.2 (3,190  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.5 45,501 (±0 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1% ±1.4% (7  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Perry County: 5.8% † 530 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,260 ±95 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 20,010 ±119
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$223,300 ±$27,113 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $222,800 ±$5,639
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.2% ±3.5% (133  ±111.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perry County: 5.9% † 2,662 (±0.7% / ±332.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

91.7% ±10.5% (2,222  ±271.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perry County: 89.9% 29,834 (±2.6% / ±855.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13% ±5.2% (315  ±126.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perry County: 18.6% 6,176 (±1.3% / ±432.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10% ±4.2% (260  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 8.6% 3,128 (±0.8% / ±284)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
260 Total veterans ±110 222 Male ±104 38 Female ±28

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