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Lewistown, PA

8,479 Population
2 square miles 4,176.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 43.4 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,788 ±$2,288 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: $31,620 ±$1,136
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,236 ±$3,841 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: $63,953 ±$3,171
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

35.7% ±6.2% (2,973  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 16.2% † 7,360 (±2.4% / ±1,075)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.6 minutes ±3 (65,905  ±11,045) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 25 493,135 (±1.4 / ±31,265)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,802 ±220 Number of households
  • the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 18,510 ±399
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (8,316  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 2.5 45,337 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±4.4% (163  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 6.2% † 556 (±1.6% / ±141)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,522 ±251 Number of housing units
  • the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 21,468 ±52
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$98,500 ±$10,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: $156,700 ±$4,766
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.4% ±6.5% (1,456  ±542.1) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 8.8% † 4,010 (±1.5% / ±693.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

81.3% ±6.8% (4,614  ±442.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 84.6% 27,423 (±3% / ±972)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12.5% ±3.2% (711  ±183.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 14.9% † 4,840 (±1.5% / ±491.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third 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

1.3% ±1% (110  ±83) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 1.2% 560
  • 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

8.9% ±2.3% (555  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Lewistown, PA Micro Area: 8% † 2,860 (±0.9% / ±329)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
555 Total veterans ±144 498 Male ±138 57 Female ±36

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