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Jay township, Elk County, PA

2,039 Population
67.7 square miles 30.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Elk County: 48.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,926 ±$14,375 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $36,391 ±$1,650
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,036 ±$7,574 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Elk County: $66,380 ±$3,352
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.2% ±2.8% (147  ±59) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8.7% † 2,625 (±1.4% / ±429)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±1.7 (22,995  ±3,915) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Elk County: 18.3 254,845 (±0.8 / ±14,057)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

813 ±77 Number of households
  • Elk County: 13,325 ±316
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (2,039  ±202) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 2.3 30,187 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±3% (16  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Elk County: 5.6% † 313 (±2.2% / ±122)
  • about three-quarters 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

1,116 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 16,880 ±32
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$90,500 ±$19,978 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Elk County: $133,600 ±$7,119
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.7% ±3.1% (136  ±63.2) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Elk County: 8.8% † 2,675 (±1.9% / ±560.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±6.2% (1,324  ±139) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 94.3% 21,357 (±3.6% / ±804)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.1% ±4% (201  ±59.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Elk County: 20.6% 4,664 (±1.9% / ±435.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.3% ±0.7% (7  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Elk County: 1.1% 326
  • 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

7.1% ±3.2% (118  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Elk County: 7.5% † 1,852 (±1% / ±240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
118 Total veterans ±55 103 Male ±51 15 Female ±16

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