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Lawnton, PA

4,871 Population
1.5 square miles 3,341.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±7.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,187 ±$4,125 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $42,772 ±$594
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$94,130 ±$11,417 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $79,281 ±$1,121
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

1.7% ±1.5% (84  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 10% 57,862 (±0.6% / ±3,212)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.4 minutes ±5.1 (35,470  ±6,250) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,663,225 (±0.3 / ±101,806)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,908 ±249 Number of households
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 243,182 ±1,015
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.5 (4,864  ±1,083) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 2.4 577,782 (±0 / ±330)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.8% ±2.2% (18  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 6,885 (±0.5% / ±607)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,007 ±238 Number of housing units
  • the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 257,534 ±370
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$218,100 ±$9,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: $239,100 ±$2,274
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.9% ±5.4% (578  ±290) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 12.9% 76,228 (±0.6% / ±3,453.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.7% ±20.2% (3,146  ±437.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 92.2% 384,309 (±1.2% / ±4,805.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
25.2% ±4.4% (855  ±208) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 35.4% 147,388 (±0.7% / ±2,824.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

12.6% ±6.1% (612  ±327) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 45,723
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.6% ±2.4% (253  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA Metro Area: 7.7% 36,142 (±0.3% / ±1,485)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
253 Total veterans ±101 205 Male ±88 48 Female ±40

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