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State College, PA

40,902 Population
4.6 square miles 8,933.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 33.3 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$23,979 ±$3,050 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $37,262 ±$1,255
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$43,459 ±$5,082 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $70,087 ±$1,941
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

42.1% ±3.3% (11,582  ±912) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 17% 23,717 (±1% / ±1,428)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

16.2 minutes ±1.5 (214,965  ±24,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 20.4 1,308,915 (±0.5 / ±46,785)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

11,357 ±533 Number of households
  • the State College, PA Metro Area: 58,285 ±675
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.4 ±0.1 (27,392  ±118) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 2.4 139,243 (±0 / ±156)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

1.5% ±0.5% (230  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 3.5% † 1,407 (±0.7% / ±282)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

13,058 ±508 Number of housing units
  • the State College, PA Metro Area: 65,712 ±92
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$382,500 ±$32,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $289,800 ±$5,991
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

48.9% ±3.4% (19,888  ±1,396.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 22.9% 36,064 (±1.2% / ±1,919.5)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

98.3% ±4.5% (11,764  ±,861.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 94.8% 92,136 (±2.3% / ±2,212.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
70.9% ±4.4% (8,486  ±,711.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 46.2% 44,903 (±1.6% / ±1,551)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

13.3% ±1.5% (5,458  ±595) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 8.3% 13,219
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

1.7% ±0.4% (656  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 5.4% 7,296 (±0.4% / ±557)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
656 Total veterans ±155 656 Male ±155 N/A Female ±24

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