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Bloomsburg, PA

12,906 Population
4.3 square miles 2,968.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.4 ±1 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,019 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $32,432 ±$1,035
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$49,096 ±$6,078 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $61,992 ±$2,529
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

30.6% ±6.3% (2,899  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 15.7% † 9,592 (±1.9% / ±1,129)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

15.1 minutes ±1.4 (73,850  ±10,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 21.7 580,900 (±0.5 / ±23,927)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

4,374 ±279 Number of households
  • the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 25,874 ±368
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (9,479  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 2.4 61,190 (±0 / ±88)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1% ±1.3% (47  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 3.5% † 542 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

5,325 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 29,775 ±82
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$186,100 ±$13,517 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: $199,200 ±$5,471
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

27.3% ±4.5% (3,508  ±572.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 11% † 7,108 (±1.3% / ±867.1)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.6% ±8.3% (5,868  ±637.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 91.8% 40,247 (±2.5% / ±1,101.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
33.1% ±5.2% (2,055  ±348.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 24.9% 10,906 (±1.4% / ±623.9)
  • a little less than 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

2.5% ±1.2% (322  ±158) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 2.8% 1,794
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±1% (367  ±110) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Micro Area: 6.6% 3,511 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
367 Total veterans ±110 349 Male ±112 18 Female ±22

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