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Waterford borough, Erie County, PA

1,254 Population
1.2 square miles 1,023.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±10.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,726 ±$4,646 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Erie County: $34,285 ±$548
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$58,875 ±$20,765 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Erie County: $61,476 ±$1,408
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.8% ±5.5% (172  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie County: 15.4% 39,543 (±1% / ±2,485)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

31.1 minutes ±18.7 (16,490  ±10,855) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Erie County: 19.9 2,200,970 (±0.4 / ±56,475)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

569 ±98 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,106 ±795
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (1,254  ±234) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 256,390 (±0 / ±168)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.9% ±2.7% (6  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 6.1% † 3,649 (±0.8% / ±447)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

665 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,019 ±107
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$163,000 ±$14,052 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Erie County: $169,500 ±$3,756
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.8% ±3.3% (98  ±45.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 12.4% 33,182 (±0.8% / ±2,057.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.8% ±22.5% (833  ±134.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 92.6% 172,620 (±1.6% / ±2,886.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
18.9% ±5.2% (175  ±58.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie County: 29.6% 55,240 (±0.9% / ±1,724.3)
  • about half 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

1.1% ±0.9% (14  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 4.4% 11,749
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.3% ±4.7% (93  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 7.3% 15,545 (±0.3% / ±690)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
93 Total veterans ±50 93 Male ±50 N/A Female ±11

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