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Jay township, Elk County, PA

2,132 Population
67.7 square miles 31.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elk County: 48.5 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,559 ±$13,200 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $35,683 ±$2,064
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,571 ±$8,449 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Elk County: $64,103 ±$4,145
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.2% ±3.7% (174  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 9.1% † 2,756 (±1.6% / ±481)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24 minutes ±5.7 (24,135  ±3,905) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Elk County: 18 256,315 (±0.8 / ±14,259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

868 ±85 Number of households
  • Elk County: 13,481 ±283
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (2,132  ±199) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 2.3 30,357 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2% ±2.7% (9  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Elk County: 4.9% † 283 (±1.8% / ±105)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,182 ±104 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 16,876 ±31
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$98,000 ±$13,637 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Elk County: $128,600 ±$6,029
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.6% ±2.3% (97  ±48.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Elk County: 8.6% † 2,631 (±1.8% / ±537.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.5% ±7.5% (1,374  ±157.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 93.5% 21,276 (±3.3% / ±767.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.7% ±4.5% (204  ±68.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elk County: 19.9% 4,538 (±1.7% / ±394.5)
  • about two-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

0.4% ±0.7% (8  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Elk County: 1.4% 434
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.8% ±2.9% (116  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8% † 1,986 (±1% / ±256)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
116 Total veterans ±51 114 Male ±50 2 Female ±3

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