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Blue Ball, PA

1,284 Population
1.2 square miles 1,075.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 39.4 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,152 ±$16,186 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $43,128 ±$611
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$98,727 ±$25,888 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $86,959 ±$1,323
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.5% ±2.6% (32  ±35) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 44,440 (±0.5% / ±2,685)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.5 minutes ±2.7 (14,295  ±4,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 23.8 5,820,485 (±0.3 / ±94,254)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

496 ±140 Number of households
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 212,748 ±813
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±1 (1,284  ±342) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 2.6 542,429 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.9% ±4.4% (12  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 7,863 (±0.4% / ±518)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

564 ±179 Number of housing units
  • the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 219,224 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$247,800 ±$35,053 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: $301,100 ±$4,176
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.8% ±7.6% (86  ±99) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 10.3% 57,007 (±0.5% / ±2,995.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

75.6% ±14.4% (664  ±222.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 87.5% 332,692 (±1.1% / ±4,055.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±8.4% (141  ±83.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 32.4% 123,275 (±0.6% / ±2,431.4)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

5.8% ±3.1% (75  ±44) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Lancaster, PA Metro Area: 5.8% 32,433
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±12 N/A Male ±12 N/A Female ±12

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