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Quakertown borough, Bucks County, PA

9,298 Population
2 square miles 4,569.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bucks County: 44.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,265 ±$2,538 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Bucks County: $56,824 ±$798
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,978 ±$6,748 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bucks County: $111,951 ±$1,709
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10.6% ±3.5% (960  ±320) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bucks County: 6.1% 38,691 (±0.4% / ±2,622)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.8 minutes ±0.9 (105,300  ±10,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Bucks County: 29.6 8,107,430 (±0.5 / ±155,514)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,552 ±245 Number of households
  • Bucks County: 247,674 ±854
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (9,007  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Bucks County: 2.6 636,706 (±0 / ±85)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.8% ±5.1% (153  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Bucks County: 4.6% † 6,232 (±0.5% / ±627)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,660 ±241 Number of housing units
  • Bucks County: 256,416 ±232
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$253,200 ±$11,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Bucks County: $421,700 ±$3,900
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

13.2% ±3.8% (1,214  ±348.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Bucks County: 8.2% 52,595 (±0.4% / ±2,833.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92% ±6.3% (5,989  ±477.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 94.9% 442,579 (±1% / ±4,873.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.8% ±2.9% (1,357  ±195) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Bucks County: 44% 204,982 (±0.7% / ±3,198.7)
  • about three-fifths 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

10% ±4.7% (928  ±437) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Bucks County: 10.4% 67,056
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.9% ±1.9% (513  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Bucks County: 5.7% 29,499 (±0.2% / ±1,205)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
513 Total veterans ±142 425 Male ±118 88 Female ±59

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