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Fishing Creek township, Columbia County, PA

1,315 Population
28.4 square miles 46.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,472 ±$7,464 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $32,432 ±$1,035
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$78,681 ±$5,323 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $61,992 ±$2,529
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6% ±1.9% (78  ±27) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 15.7% † 9,592 (±1.9% / ±1,129)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

32.6 minutes ±10.3 (17,740  ±3,953) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Columbia County: 21.7 580,900 (±0.5 / ±23,927)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

554 ±83 Number of households
  • Columbia County: 25,874 ±368
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (1,315  ±204) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 2.4 61,190 (±0 / ±88)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3% ±2.8% (7  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 3.5% † 542 (±1.4% / ±211)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

763 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Columbia County: 29,775 ±82
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$238,100 ±$23,327 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $199,200 ±$5,471
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

2.8% ±2.6% (37  ±35) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Columbia County: 11% † 7,108 (±1.3% / ±867.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.7% ±18% (964  ±116.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 91.8% 40,247 (±2.5% / ±1,101.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.2% ±3.5% (234  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 24.9% 10,906 (±1.4% / ±623.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.9% ±1.1% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,794
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

11.5% ±3.7% (126  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 6.6% 3,511 (±0.6% / ±340)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
126 Total veterans ±45 122 Male ±46 4 Female ±5

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