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Wheatfield township, Perry County, PA

3,219 Population
20.8 square miles 154.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Perry County: 43.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,021 ±$3,686 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Perry County: $39,403 ±$1,532
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,200 ±$16,937 Median household income
  • about 20 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 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.4% ±5.9% (335  ±189) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Perry County: 8% † 3,650 (±1.1% / ±515)
  • 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)

31.2 minutes ±2.5 (40,040  ±6,122) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Perry County: 32 602,850 (±0.7 / ±20,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,170 ±105 Number of households
  • Perry County: 18,299 ±207
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.3 (3,212  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.5 45,769 (±0 / ±9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.2% ±1.6% (8  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter 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

1,256 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 20,049 ±65
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$242,600 ±$29,153 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than 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

1.4% ±1.2% (45  ±36.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Perry County: 5.4% † 2,486 (±0.7% / ±309.1)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.3% ±10.1% (2,149  ±266.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.7% ±5.1% (350  ±123.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Perry County: 20.2% 6,763 (±1.2% / ±412.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

0.4% ±0.6% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Perry County: 1.7% 780
  • less than 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

8.3% ±3.3% (211  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Perry County: 8% 2,901 (±0.8% / ±289)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
211 Total veterans ±84 182 Male ±77 29 Female ±26

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