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Cumberland County, PA

275,516 Population
545.5 square miles 505.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,258 ±$1,883 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$91,164 ±$3,980 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.7% ±1.9% (19,976  ±4,917) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.5 minutes ±0.9 (2,684,380  ±148,445) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

108,868 ±1,559 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (261,555  ±198) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1.5% (2,630  ±962) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

113,441 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$308,900 ±$13,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.2% ±1.8% (36,131  ±4,921.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94% ±3.2% (180,486  ±6,230.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.7% ±2.2% (80,145  ±4,204.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

8.6% (23,718  ±3,716) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.1% ±0.9% (17,730  ±1,946) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 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)
17,730 Total veterans ±1,946 15,751 Male ±1,956 1,979 Female ±649

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