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Elk County, PA

30,886 Population
826.9 square miles 37.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,222 ±$1,738 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$61,672 ±$4,091 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

9% ±1.2% (2,733  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

17.7 minutes ±0.8 (254,680  ±14,406) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

13,485 ±230 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.3 ±0 (30,521  ±10) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

4.5% ±1.5% (256  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

16,898 ±39 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$121,900 ±$6,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

8.1% ±1.7% (2,484  ±,528.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

93.1% ±3.3% (21,163  ±,747.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
18.5% ±1.6% (4,200  ±,371.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

0.9% (281  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

8.3% ±1% (2,066  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
2,066 Total veterans ±242 1,997 Male ±235 69 Female ±49

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