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Packer township, Carbon County, PA

829 Population
27.9 square miles 29.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.2 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,772 ±$6,839 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Carbon County: $36,548 ±$1,369
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,981 ±$11,640 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $67,554 ±$3,356
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±3.2% (42  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 12.3% † 7,903 (±1.3% / ±845)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±4.1 (11,120  ±2,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Carbon County: 32.5 866,390 (±1 / ±40,779)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

373 ±56 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,255 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (829  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,538 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 4.7% † 616 (±1.2% / ±154)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

391 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,417 ±64
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,500 ±$20,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $211,400 ±$6,685
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.8% ±3.2% (23  ±26.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Carbon County: 8.3% † 5,413 (±1.4% / ±907)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.9% ±18.2% (654  ±85.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Carbon County: 90.5% 43,840 (±3% / ±1,455.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
12% ±5.1% (80  ±35.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 19.2% 9,296 (±1.4% / ±694.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.4% ±0.5% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 3.7% 2,448
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.9% (46  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 8% † 4,245 (±1% / ±503)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
46 Total veterans ±15 46 Male ±15 N/A Female ±12

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