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Census Tract 503, Columbia, PA

5,130 Population
43.4 square miles 118.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Rupert: 34.7 † ±4.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbia County: 41 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$39,388 ±$3,324 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rupert: $25,771 † ±$10,645
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Columbia County: $33,218 ±$1,046
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$86,993 ±$5,745 Median household income
  • Rupert: $
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Columbia County: $64,644 ±$2,531
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

9.5% ±5.5% (487  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rupert: 8.5% † 14 (±8.9% / ±16)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Columbia County: 13.7% † 8,432 (±1.4% / ±881)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

22.3 minutes ±0.6 (45,875  ±4,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rupert: 28.5 † 2,135 (±5.2 / ±1,054)
  • about the same as the figure in Columbia County: 21.8 574,105 (±0.3 / ±22,157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,945 ±129 Number of households
  • Rupert: 54 † ±22
  • Columbia County: 26,350 ±358
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.6 ±0.2 (5,122  ±300) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rupert: 3 † 164 (±0.6 / ±75)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.3 61,514 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.4% ±1.6% (34  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • Rupert: 0%
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 2.2% † 349 (±0.7% / ±114)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,048 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Rupert: 57 † ±23
  • Columbia County: 29,824 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$266,200 ±$15,295 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Rupert: $173,600 † ±$60,122
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbia County: $206,200 ±$5,897
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

6.4% ±2.3% (322  ±116.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rupert: 7.9% † 13 (±13.6% / ±23.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 11.3% † 7,322 (±1.3% / ±858.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.7% ±2.1% (3,254  ±223.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Rupert: 91.1% † 102 (±30.1% / ±51)
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 92.6% 40,770 (±2.6% / ±1,156.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
29.3% ±2.9% (1,017  ±120.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rupert: 18.8% † 21 (±25.6% / ±29.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 26.6% 11,716 (±1.6% / ±704.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±0.7% (67  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • Rupert: 0%
  • about half the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,811
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.7% ±1.2% (273  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rupert: 5.4% † 6 (±5.9% / ±7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Columbia County: 6.2% 3,355 (±0.5% / ±291)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
273 Total veterans ±51 241 Male ±47 32 Female ±22

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