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Punxsutawney, PA

5,665 Population
3.4 square miles 1,682.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jefferson County: 44 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,917 ±$3,757 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jefferson County: $32,564 ±$1,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,183 ±$5,309 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jefferson County: $58,686 ±$2,154
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.8% ±6.2% (1,144  ±343) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jefferson County: 14.2% † 6,081 (±1.6% / ±704)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±3.6 (54,980  ±10,128) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 23.5 429,915 (±0.9 / ±19,836)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,691 ±213 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 18,344 ±206
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (5,499  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 2.4 43,106 (±0 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.6% ±4.9% (57  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 5.4% † 465 (±1.3% / ±114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,072 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 22,085 ±68
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,000 ±$16,460 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Jefferson County: $139,700 ±$6,702
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±7.4% (776  ±415.5) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Jefferson County: 7.7% † 3,339 (±1.2% / ±531.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±8.3% (3,813  ±388.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 92.2% 28,928 (±2.1% / ±668.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±3.9% (744  ±160) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 18.4% 5,767 (±1.1% / ±329.7)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half 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

0.1% ±0.1% (6  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jefferson County: 0.4% 189
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±2.9% (304  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 8% 2,740 (±0.7% / ±252)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
304 Total veterans ±128 259 Male ±117 45 Female ±59

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