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Damascus township, Wayne County, PA

3,698 Population
78.7 square miles 47 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 48.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,198 ±$9,248 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Wayne County: $33,735 ±$1,111
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$73,990 ±$24,176 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $62,182 ±$2,779
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.5% ±6.1% (350  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 5,845 (±1.6% / ±783)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.3 minutes ±9.3 (42,655  ±13,851) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 28.8 526,555 (±1.6 / ±34,408)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,577 ±106 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,314 ±488
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (3,698  ±16) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 47,948 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.8% ±10.5% (57  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 3.9% † 335 (±1% / ±84)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,497 ±178 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,054 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$246,900 ±$34,559 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Wayne County: $228,200 ±$7,502
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.8% ±4.1% (250  ±148.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% † 5,185 (±1.3% / ±638.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96% ±11.8% (2,826  ±370) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wayne County: 91.4% 36,069 (±2.5% / ±999.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
29.4% ±7.1% (867  ±212.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wayne County: 21.6% 8,516 (±1.4% / ±531.4)
  • about 80 percent 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

2.9% ±1.6% (106  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% 1,904
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

20.1% ±6% (621  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Wayne County: 9.9% 4,243 (±0.8% / ±354)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
621 Total veterans ±187 581 Male ±178 40 Female ±51

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