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Centre township, Perry County, PA

2,524 Population
30 square miles 84.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,048 ±$3,292 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $39,403 ±$1,532
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,243 ±$3,833 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Perry County: $79,444 ±$2,718
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.1% ±1.9% (74  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Perry County: 8% † 3,650 (±1.1% / ±515)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.7 minutes ±4.1 (43,220  ±6,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 32 602,850 (±0.7 / ±20,702)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,051 ±63 Number of households
  • Perry County: 18,299 ±207
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,440  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perry County: 2.5 45,769 (±0 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.2% (6  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Perry County: 4.6% † 415 (±0.9% / ±80)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,099 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 20,049 ±65
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,200 ±$19,841 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $236,400 ±$6,133
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.9% ±1.6% (98  ±39.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Perry County: 5.4% † 2,486 (±0.7% / ±309.1)
  • about one-third 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

92.8% ±7.4% (1,883  ±174.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 89.5% 29,939 (±2.5% / ±836.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.2% ±3.6% (350  ±75.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Perry County: 20.2% 6,763 (±1.2% / ±412.7)
  • 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

0.8% ±0.8% (20  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Perry County: 1.7% 780
  • about 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

9.3% ±2.9% (201  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 8% 2,901 (±0.8% / ±289)
  • 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)
201 Total veterans ±63 196 Male ±61 5 Female ±7

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