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Otter Creek township, Mercer County, PA

517 Population
11.8 square miles 43.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±14.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 45.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,505 ±$3,939 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $33,320 ±$841
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$41,458 ±$8,286 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mercer County: $60,614 ±$2,091
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.9% ±5.2% (46  ±28) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 12.8% † 13,135 (±1.3% / ±1,361)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.2 minutes ±10.3 (4,460  ±1,101) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Mercer County: 22 950,800 (±0.7 / ±40,464)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

229 ±53 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 46,123 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.7 (517  ±97) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mercer County: 2.2 103,241 (±0 / ±93)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

242 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 50,884 ±165
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$122,200 ±$23,211 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mercer County: $153,600 ±$3,869
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

1.7% ±4% (9  ±20.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 9.1% 9,951 (±0.7% / ±807.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.8% ±6.9% (326  ±63.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mercer County: 91.3% 71,869 (±1.9% / ±1,463.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.3% ±8.4% (73  ±32.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 25.1% 19,738 (±1.1% / ±830.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.2% ±1.9% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mercer County: 1.7% 1,834
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.9% ±3.5% (40  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mercer County: 8.7% 7,707 (±0.6% / ±500)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
40 Total veterans ±16 40 Male ±16 N/A Female ±11

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