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Palo Alto borough, Schuylkill County, PA

985 Population
1 square miles 943.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Schuylkill County: 43.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,908 ±$2,775 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Schuylkill County: $33,769 ±$678
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$56,875 ±$5,458 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Schuylkill County: $66,901 ±$1,609
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.8% ±3.7% (96  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 12.5% 17,055 (±0.9% / ±1,212)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27 minutes ±3.6 (11,460  ±2,534) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Schuylkill County: 27.2 1,620,020 (±0.7 / ±50,737)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

409 ±47 Number of households
  • Schuylkill County: 57,465 ±657
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (985  ±148) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Schuylkill County: 2.4 136,306 (±0 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.9% ±7.1% (16  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Schuylkill County: 5.5% † 1,532 (±1% / ±270)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

476 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Schuylkill County: 67,292 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$84,200 ±$15,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Schuylkill County: $140,400 ±$5,100
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.6% ±4.3% (64  ±42.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Schuylkill County: 8.8% † 12,499 (±1% / ±1,347.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.8% ±5.2% (628  ±83.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Schuylkill County: 90% 93,777 (±1.7% / ±1,757.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
9.4% ±4.9% (65  ±34.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Schuylkill County: 19.1% 19,924 (±0.9% / ±939.2)
  • about one-quarter 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% ±0.7% (12  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Schuylkill County: 2.2% 3,130
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.8% ±2.7% (50  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Schuylkill County: 7.3% 8,413 (±0.5% / ±537)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
50 Total veterans ±21 43 Male ±18 7 Female ±6

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