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Census Tract 509, Columbia, PA

3,379 Population
10.4 square miles 324 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lightstreet: 44.4 † ±12.4
  • 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

$43,544 ±$6,013 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lightstreet: $33,950 † ±$6,441
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbia County: $33,218 ±$1,046
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$86,397 ±$5,681 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lightstreet: $70,739 † ±$23,740
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Columbia County: $64,644 ±$2,531
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7% ±4% (229  ±134) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lightstreet: 10.2% † 118 (±6.5% / ±79)
  • about half the rate in Columbia County: 13.7% † 8,432 (±1.4% / ±881)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

23.8 minutes ±3.6 (29,875  ±7,606) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Lightstreet: 24.9 † 8,480 (±3.4 / ±4,752)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Columbia County: 21.8 574,105 (±0.3 / ±22,157)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,356 ±140 Number of households
  • Lightstreet: 503 † ±110
  • Columbia County: 26,350 ±358
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (3,286  ±306) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lightstreet: 2.3 † 1,156 (±0.7 / ±245)
  • a little higher than the figure in Columbia County: 2.3 61,514 (±0 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5.5% ±4.5% (41  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lightstreet: 7.6% † 17 (±10.8% / ±25)
  • more than double the rate in Columbia County: 2.2% † 349 (±0.7% / ±114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,518 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Lightstreet: 568 † ±124
  • Columbia County: 29,824 ±70
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$300,800 ±$28,740 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lightstreet: $168,400 † ±$37,556
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Columbia County: $206,200 ±$5,897
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

7.2% ±2.8% (241  ±95.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lightstreet: 6.8% † 79 (±6.1% / ±71.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Columbia County: 11.3% † 7,322 (±1.3% / ±858.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

95.1% ±5.6% (2,329  ±282.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lightstreet: 94.2% † 800 (±27.9% / ±164)
  • a little higher than the rate in Columbia County: 92.6% 40,770 (±2.6% / ±1,156.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
44.6% ±6.1% (1,093  ±188.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lightstreet: 31.2% † 265 (±7.8% / ±86.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 26.6% 11,716 (±1.6% / ±704.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

4.8% ±2.3% (162  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lightstreet: 4.3% † 50 (±4.5% / ±53)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Columbia County: 2.8% 1,811
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.4% ±1.9% (172  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lightstreet: 5.1% † 48 (±3.6% / ±35)
  • about the same as the rate in Columbia County: 6.2% 3,355 (±0.5% / ±291)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
172 Total veterans ±53 164 Male ±51 8 Female ±10

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