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Lake township, Wayne County, PA

4,882 Population
27.8 square miles 175.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.3 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 48.9 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,392 ±$3,809 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $33,735 ±$1,111
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$62,738 ±$20,341 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $62,182 ±$2,779
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.7% ±7.2% (509  ±345) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 5,845 (±1.6% / ±783)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

34.5 minutes ±8.9 (57,980  ±17,681) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 28.8 526,555 (±1.6 / ±34,408)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,768 ±186 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,314 ±488
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.3 (4,770  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 47,948 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.5% ±3.2% (19  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 3.9% † 335 (±1% / ±84)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,776 ±263 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,054 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$191,700 ±$23,657 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $228,200 ±$7,502
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.4% ±2.7% (215  ±132.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% † 5,185 (±1.3% / ±638.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.4% ±11.4% (3,785  ±510.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 91.4% 36,069 (±2.5% / ±999.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.8% ±4.8% (560  ±195.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wayne County: 21.6% 8,516 (±1.4% / ±531.4)
  • 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

5.8% ±5.6% (282  ±272) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% 1,904
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.4% ±4.6% (368  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 9.9% 4,243 (±0.8% / ±354)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
368 Total veterans ±202 298 Male ±209 70 Female ±92

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