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Ridgway borough, Elk County, PA

3,969 Population
2.6 square miles 1,519.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46 ±3.5 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

$28,461 ±$3,179 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elk County: $36,391 ±$1,650
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,863 ±$5,784 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Elk County: $66,380 ±$3,352
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13% ±5.7% (511  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Elk County: 8.7% † 2,625 (±1.4% / ±429)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.7 minutes ±3.7 (29,890  ±7,256) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 18.3 254,845 (±0.8 / ±14,057)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,778 ±132 Number of households
  • Elk County: 13,325 ±316
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (3,927  ±17) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Elk County: 2.3 30,187 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • 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

6.4% ±6.8% (51  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 5.6% † 313 (±2.2% / ±122)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,940 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 16,880 ±32
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$94,900 ±$6,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Elk County: $133,600 ±$7,119
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.2% ±6.5% (480  ±255.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Elk County: 8.8% † 2,675 (±1.9% / ±560.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±8.6% (2,756  ±297.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 94.3% 21,357 (±3.6% / ±804)
  • a little higher than 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)
24.5% ±5.1% (714  ±154.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 20.6% 4,664 (±1.9% / ±435.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±0.7% (31  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Elk County: 1.1% 326
  • about 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% ±2.7% (200  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 7.5% † 1,852 (±1% / ±240)
  • 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)
200 Total veterans ±84 191 Male ±84 9 Female ±13

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