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Mountain Top, PA

11,856 Population
15 square miles 789.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,446 ±$3,805 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$105,286 ±$12,393 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.2% ±5.3% (955  ±620) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26 minutes ±2.3 (127,790  ±17,939) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

4,450 ±231 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.2 (11,673  ±377) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.6% ±4.3% (175  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,577 ±227 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$274,600 ±$16,356 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.9% ±1.9% (695  ±220.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.2% ±7.1% (7,810  ±676.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 367,481 (±1% / ±4,057.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
44.6% ±4.9% (3,626  ±427) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about 1.3 times 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

5.8% ±1.6% (690  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 41,426
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.1% ±2% (537  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
537 Total veterans ±175 489 Male ±182 48 Female ±57

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