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Washington township, Erie County, PA

4,380 Population
45.2 square miles 97 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Erie County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,082 ±$11,135 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Erie County: $35,812 ±$791
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,116 ±$20,370 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Erie County: $63,354 ±$1,812
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±2.9% (225  ±125) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Erie County: 15% 38,291 (±0.9% / ±2,254)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.1 minutes ±4 (56,710  ±13,071) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Erie County: 19.6 2,159,025 (±0.5 / ±63,769)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,777 ±171 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,587 ±821
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (4,380  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 255,613 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.3% ±3.4% (27  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 6.1% † 3,591 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • about two-thirds 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

1,900 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,111 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$284,600 ±$42,566 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Erie County: $177,000 ±$4,034
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.1% ±2.3% (135  ±98.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 12.1% 32,089 (±0.7% / ±1,863)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±11.2% (3,084  ±410.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Erie County: 92.9% 173,205 (±1.5% / ±2,857)
  • 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)
46.5% ±8.1% (1,515  ±278.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 30.3% 56,478 (±0.9% / ±1,616.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

1.8% ±1.6% (80  ±71) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 4.9% 13,084
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.9% (196  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 6.9% 14,656 (±0.4% / ±799)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
196 Total veterans ±98 184 Male ±94 12 Female ±20

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