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Jim Thorpe Area School District, PA

15,809 Population
114.5 square miles 138.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,834 ±$3,369 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $36,380 ±$1,712
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,511 ±$6,458 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $67,877 ±$3,574
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.7% ±3% (1,363  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 12.1% † 7,697 (±1.6% / ±1,017)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

37.4 minutes ±2.8 (217,260  ±26,613) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carbon County: 32.2 877,695 (±1.4 / ±47,839)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,792 ±380 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,093 ±536
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (15,778  ±397) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,316 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3% ±2% (87  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 5.1% † 671 (±1.3% / ±172)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

11,122 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,299 ±40
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$221,500 ±$18,781 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $193,700 ±$8,650
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.4% ±2.7% (1,315  ±420.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 9.2% † 5,915 (±1.4% / ±915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.5% ±6.1% (11,562  ±847.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Carbon County: 90.3% 43,500 (±2.9% / ±1,408.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
24.6% ±3.2% (3,046  ±414.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Carbon County: 18.3% 8,840 (±1.4% / ±655.4)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.5% ±2.2% (1,180  ±352) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Carbon County: 3.8% 2,442
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

10.2% ±2.2% (1,365  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Carbon County: 7.8% † 4,089 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,365 Total veterans ±292 1,276 Male ±269 89 Female ±86

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