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Polk township, Monroe County, PA

7,419 Population
30.8 square miles 240.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Monroe County: 44.1 ±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

$40,874 ±$7,560 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Monroe County: $38,861 ±$1,193
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,625 ±$12,801 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Monroe County: $83,565 ±$2,142
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±4.4% (765  ±323) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Monroe County: 10.7% 17,564 (±1% / ±1,622)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

40.1 minutes ±3 (111,260  ±15,759) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Monroe County: 38.1 2,591,835 (±1.3 / ±107,604)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,799 ±189 Number of households
  • Monroe County: 61,212 ±979
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.2 (7,411  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Monroe County: 2.7 164,430 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.4% ±6.3% (106  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Monroe County: 4.9% † 1,747 (±1.2% / ±422)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,367 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Monroe County: 79,607 ±57
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$262,400 ±$27,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Monroe County: $267,600 ±$6,401
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±2.6% (398  ±187.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Monroe County: 8.9% † 14,822 (±1.1% / ±1,831.2)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.7% ±8.5% (4,828  ±510.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Monroe County: 90.5% 108,649 (±2.1% / ±2,535.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.7% ±4.2% (1,009  ±228.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 27.4% 32,905 (±1.3% / ±1,522.4)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half 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

7.5% ±3.2% (554  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Monroe County: 11.2% 18,819
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±3.2% (563  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Monroe County: 7% 9,527 (±0.6% / ±766)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
563 Total veterans ±192 473 Male ±158 90 Female ±71

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