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Altoona, PA

43,196 Population
9.8 square miles 4,411.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.3
  • 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

$31,593 ±$1,632 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $35,639 ±$924
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,250 ±$2,186 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $62,382 ±$1,699
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±2.2% (6,986  ±906) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 12% 14,128 (±1% / ±1,127)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.9 minutes ±0.7 (322,940  ±19,434) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 20.5 1,045,540 (±0.6 / ±37,683)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,777 ±451 Number of households
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 50,558 ±548
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (42,052  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 2.3 117,179 (±0 / ±174)
  • 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

4.3% ±1.5% (412  ±145) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,134 (±0.9% / ±222)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,295 ±358 Number of housing units
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 55,901 ±120
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$119,900 ±$4,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $161,100 ±$3,077
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.8% ±1.5% (4,191  ±628.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 10.1% 12,169 (±0.9% / ±1,117.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.2% ±3.1% (28,548  ±1,048.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 93.9% 81,448 (±1.9% / ±1,653.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±1.8% (6,287  ±565.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 24.4% 21,189 (±1.1% / ±942.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.6% ±0.5% (692  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 1.5% 1,837
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±0.9% (2,792  ±302) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 8.7% 8,437 (±0.6% / ±559)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,792 Total veterans ±302 2,685 Male ±298 107 Female ±63

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