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Williamsport, PA

27,629 Population
8.8 square miles 3,147.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,135 ±$1,628 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $34,853 ±$1,226
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$49,363 ±$4,482 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $64,412 ±$2,266
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

25.2% ±3.4% (6,137  ±833) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 12.5% 13,456 (±1% / ±1,103)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

17.2 minutes ±0.9 (192,005  ±15,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 20.9 1,000,130 (±0.6 / ±35,072)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

11,109 ±418 Number of households
  • the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 46,201 ±524
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (24,284  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 2.3 107,717 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.7% ±2.6% (523  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 5.2% † 1,261 (±0.8% / ±200)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

13,137 ±449 Number of housing units
  • the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 52,692 ±79
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$146,500 ±$15,281 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $195,600 ±$4,291
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

19.8% ±2.8% (5,382  ±756.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 12.1% † 13,638 (±1.3% / ±1,478.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.1% ±4.3% (14,706  ±824.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 72,897 (±2% / ±1,627.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
26.4% ±2.7% (4,361  ±455.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 24.8% 19,836 (±1.2% / ±985.3)
  • 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

2.3% ±0.9% (645  ±248) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 1.7% 1,890
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.3% ±1.1% (1,361  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 8.6% 7,785 (±0.6% / ±525)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,361 Total veterans ±235 1,247 Male ±220 114 Female ±93

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