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Lewistown borough, Mifflin County, PA

8,505 Population
2 square miles 4,189 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mifflin County: 43.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,558 ±$3,035 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mifflin County: $30,357 ±$1,144
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$40,179 ±$6,559 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mifflin County: $61,415 ±$1,922
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

32.5% ±6% (2,689  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Mifflin County: 16% † 7,255 (±1.9% / ±871)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.7 minutes ±2.9 (67,205  ±11,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mifflin County: 24.8 495,285 (±1 / ±25,476)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,843 ±236 Number of households
  • Mifflin County: 18,502 ±339
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (8,338  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mifflin County: 2.5 45,377 (±0 / ±17)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.4% ±4.9% (177  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mifflin County: 6.3% † 570 (±1.6% / ±148)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,470 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Mifflin County: 21,425 ±87
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$98,600 ±$10,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mifflin County: $142,900 ±$9,813
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.7% ±4.3% (1,402  ±357.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Mifflin County: 8.5% † 3,881 (±1.4% / ±643.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

83.3% ±6.3% (4,729  ±429.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mifflin County: 84.4% 27,263 (±2.9% / ±928.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.4% ±2.9% (647  ±168.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mifflin County: 13.2% † 4,280 (±1.4% / ±457.2)
  • about one-third 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% ±0.8% (100  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mifflin County: 0.7% 321
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9% ±2.4% (576  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mifflin County: 8.2% † 2,915 (±1.1% / ±400)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
576 Total veterans ±157 531 Male ±151 45 Female ±35

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