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Jefferson township, Fayette County, PA

1,937 Population
20 square miles 96.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±9.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,221 ±$5,171 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $32,739 ±$951
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,844 ±$16,935 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Fayette County: $58,236 ±$2,045
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±5.5% (153  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 16.8% 20,489 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34 minutes ±13.3 (19,235  ±4,858) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fayette County: 26 1,253,345 (±0.7 / ±44,260)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

765 ±97 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 55,182 ±708
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (1,893  ±276) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 121,510 (±0 / ±66)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

830 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,158 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$245,700 ±$53,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Fayette County: $143,200 ±$5,445
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.3% ±2.9% (83  ±57) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 10,127 (±0.9% / ±1,159.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±4.9% (1,382  ±197.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 90.2% 83,841 (±2.1% / ±1,926.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±6.6% (408  ±109.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fayette County: 19.1% 17,743 (±1% / ±959.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 80 percent 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% ±0.4% (5  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Fayette County: 1.3% 1,619
  • 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

13.1% ±5.8% (200  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,328 (±0.5% / ±493)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
200 Total veterans ±93 200 Male ±93 N/A Female ±12

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