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Palmerton borough, Carbon County, PA

5,624 Population
2.5 square miles 2,263 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,680 ±$10,203 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $36,380 ±$1,712
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$71,471 ±$17,643 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $67,877 ±$3,574
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

12.3% ±5.9% (690  ±332) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 12.1% † 7,697 (±1.6% / ±1,017)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.5 minutes ±3.4 (83,120  ±13,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carbon County: 32.2 877,695 (±1.4 / ±47,839)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,574 ±246 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,093 ±536
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (5,605  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,316 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

0.8% ±1.2% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Carbon County: 5.1% † 671 (±1.3% / ±172)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,704 ±243 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,299 ±40
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$161,500 ±$11,471 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Carbon County: $193,700 ±$8,650
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.3% ±4% (517  ±222.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 9.2% † 5,915 (±1.4% / ±915)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.8% ±9.7% (3,795  ±495.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Carbon County: 90.3% 43,500 (±2.9% / ±1,408.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
16.2% ±5.7% (691  ±246.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 18.3% 8,840 (±1.4% / ±655.4)
  • about half 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

1.5% ±1.2% (85  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 3.8% 2,442
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.9% ±2.5% (227  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 7.8% † 4,089 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
227 Total veterans ±118 181 Male ±87 46 Female ±57

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