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Altoona, PA Urban Area

72,876 Population
37 square miles 1,969.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,799 ±$2,775 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,054 ±$6,509 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.6% ±2% (8,721  ±1,425) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.4 minutes ±0.5 (562,280  ±25,452) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,447 ±1,562 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (68,983  ±2,720) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

1.8% ±1.8% (284  ±279) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,424 ±1,277 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$157,400 ±$14,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±2.3% (7,352  ±1,679.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±4.6% (48,930  ±3,147.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.4% ±3.2% (14,964  ±1,811) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.2% ±0.8% (1,575  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±1.3% (4,067  ±791) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,067 Total veterans ±791 3,718 Male ±752 349 Female ±270

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