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Quakertown, PA

9,319 Population
2 square miles 4,580 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • 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

$39,363 ±$4,043 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,959 ±$11,322 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±3.8% (926  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.1 minutes ±3.7 (99,520  ±10,471) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,541 ±278 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.2 (9,025  ±33) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.4% ±5.9% (160  ±128) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,696 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$278,500 ±$12,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.9% ±3.8% (1,191  ±354.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.7% ±6.9% (6,020  ±510.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.3% ±3.2% (1,466  ±219.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths 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

10.9% ±5.3% (1,011  ±494) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±2.1% (496  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • 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)
496 Total veterans ±156 430 Male ±129 66 Female ±53

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