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Carbon County, PA

65,743 Population
381.4 square miles 172.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,362 ±$3,166 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,082 ±$8,433 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.1% ±3.1% (7,185  ±1,984) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.5 minutes ±1 (866,390  ±40,779) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,494 ±1,373 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (64,973  ±28) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±3.2% (796  ±442) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

34,677 ±22 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$236,400 ±$15,983 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.3% ±2.9% (6,032  ±1,875.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.1% ±5.9% (44,081  ±2,878.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
19.9% ±2.9% (9,629  ±1,428.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about half 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

4.1% (2,690  ±998) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.3% ±1.8% (4,454  ±965) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
4,454 Total veterans ±965 4,254 Male ±940 200 Female ±159

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