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West Perry township, Snyder County, PA

924 Population
27 square miles 34.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Snyder County: 40.5 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,975 ±$3,866 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Snyder County: $32,361 ±$1,274
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$66,563 ±$9,036 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Snyder County: $68,435 ±$2,745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.7% ±4.9% (90  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Snyder County: 8.6% † 3,143 (±1% / ±381)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.3 minutes ±6.7 (12,075  ±3,556) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Snyder County: 24 415,070 (±1.5 / ±27,246)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

345 ±62 Number of households
  • Snyder County: 14,549 ±231
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.1 (924  ±168) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Snyder County: 2.5 36,745 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.8% ±5.9% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Snyder County: 4.5% † 399 (±1.2% / ±102)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

429 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Snyder County: 16,033 ±54
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$181,800 ±$23,839 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Snyder County: $205,500 ±$6,037
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.2% ±2.6% (29  ±24.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Snyder County: 9.3% † 3,671 (±1.2% / ±450.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

84% ±18.8% (573  ±84.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Snyder County: 84.3% 22,489 (±2.7% / ±724.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
12% ±4% (82  ±30.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Snyder County: 21.4% 5,714 (±1.6% / ±420.7)
  • about one-third 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% ±1.1% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Snyder County: 1.4% 568
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7% ±4.6% (51  ±35) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Snyder County: 5.5% † 1,742 (±0.6% / ±196)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
51 Total veterans ±35 51 Male ±35 N/A Female ±11

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