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Altoona, PA

43,508 Population
9.8 square miles 4,443.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,116 ±$1,404 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $34,593 ±$1,040
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$50,171 ±$2,768 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $60,594 ±$1,783
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

18.8% ±2.3% (7,985  ±972) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 13% 15,388 (±1.1% / ±1,344)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.7 minutes ±1.4 (336,820  ±29,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 20.9 1,089,275 (±1 / ±55,477)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

18,498 ±453 Number of households
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 50,548 ±565
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (42,414  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 2.3 118,005 (±0 / ±167)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.7% ±1.4% (454  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 5.4% † 1,378 (±0.8% / ±210)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

20,983 ±418 Number of housing units
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 55,788 ±163
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$113,600 ±$3,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $156,700 ±$3,807
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11% ±1.7% (4,714  ±723.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 10.4% 12,605 (±0.9% / ±1,064.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.6% ±3.4% (28,235  ±1,131.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 93.2% 81,241 (±2.1% / ±1,801.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.9% ±1.9% (6,061  ±577) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 24.1% 20,990 (±1.2% / ±1,026.7)
  • about three-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

1.3% ±0.5% (581  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 1.3% 1,593
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.1% ±1.1% (2,751  ±379) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 8.8% 8,493 (±0.7% / ±647)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
2,751 Total veterans ±379 2,636 Male ±376 115 Female ±58

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