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Polk township, Monroe County, PA

7,455 Population
30.8 square miles 242.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,295 ±$3,428 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $37,512 ±$1,055
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$82,297 ±$16,379 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $82,374 ±$2,758
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.1% ±4.9% (826  ±366) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 11.3% 18,566 (±1.1% / ±1,731)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

40.8 minutes ±3.7 (113,240  ±17,291) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 39 2,699,440 (±1.3 / ±118,688)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,570 ±189 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 60,562 ±992
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.9 ±0.2 (7,449  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 2.7 164,984 (±0 / ±60)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.7% ±5.7% (97  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Monroe County: 5.7% † 2,022 (±1.2% / ±411)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,253 ±211 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 79,458 ±56
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$224,400 ±$41,610 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Monroe County: $241,200 ±$5,633
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10% ±6% (736  ±442.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Monroe County: 8.9% † 14,826 (±1.1% / ±1,812.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87.4% ±8.5% (4,472  ±516.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Monroe County: 90.3% 108,147 (±2.1% / ±2,568.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.5% ±3.5% (894  ±188.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 27.9% 33,384 (±1.3% / ±1,559.9)
  • 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

5.3% ±2.8% (394  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Monroe County: 10.5% 17,614
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

9.7% ±3.5% (572  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monroe County: 7.3% 9,838 (±0.6% / ±791)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
572 Total veterans ±209 512 Male ±184 60 Female ±62

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