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Census Tract 506, Columbia, PA

4,890 Population
1.4 square miles 3,511.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berwick: 40.5 † ±4.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 41 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$29,910 ±$4,802 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berwick: $29,403 ±$2,756
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Columbia County: $33,218 ±$1,046
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$49,675 ±$7,587 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Berwick: $49,800 † ±$5,192
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Columbia County: $64,644 ±$2,531
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

12.8% ±6.4% (616  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berwick: 16.5% † 1,692 (±4.2% / ±425)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 13.7% † 8,432 (±1.4% / ±881)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20.3 minutes ±3.2 (43,180  ±9,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Berwick: 20 † 87,880 (±2.7 / ±13,996)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 21.8 574,105 (±0.3 / ±22,157)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,269 ±242 Number of households
  • Berwick: 4,643 ±260
  • Columbia County: 26,350 ±358
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.1 ±0.3 (4,806  ±462) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Berwick: 2.2 10,230 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Columbia County: 2.3 61,514 (±0 / ±74)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,464 ±225 Number of housing units
  • Berwick: 4,927 ±252
  • Columbia County: 29,824 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$157,200 ±$11,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Berwick: $156,500 ±$10,745
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Columbia County: $206,200 ±$5,897
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.6% ±5.6% (469  ±279.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Berwick: 9.8% † 1,010 (±4.1% / ±425.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Columbia County: 11.3% † 7,322 (±1.3% / ±858.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.4% ±10.5% (3,146  ±482.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berwick: 89.4% 6,572 (±8.2% / ±655.8)
  • 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)
28.4% ±8.5% (978  ±310) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berwick: 21.3% † 1,564 (±4.9% / ±363.4)
  • 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

1.6% ±2.3% (80  ±112) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Berwick: 3.2% † 329 (±2.7% / ±282)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,811
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.1% ±4.8% (308  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Berwick: 7.7% † 640 (±2.5% / ±206)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Columbia County: 6.2% 3,355 (±0.5% / ±291)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
308 Total veterans ±185 304 Male ±185 4 Female ±11

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