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State College, PA

40,669 Population
4.6 square miles 8,882.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 33.8 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,675 ±$2,304 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $38,732 ±$1,245
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$47,132 ±$5,713 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $72,748 ±$1,937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

39.1% ±2.7% (10,292  ±706) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 16.9% 23,282 (±0.9% / ±1,181)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

15.8 minutes ±1.8 (210,720  ±28,400) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 20.3 1,259,865 (±0.6 / ±45,830)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

11,437 ±529 Number of households
  • the State College, PA Metro Area: 59,006 ±678
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (26,225  ±190) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the State College, PA Metro Area: 2.3 137,615 (±0 / ±223)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.5% ±0.4% (229  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 3.6% † 1,469 (±0.7% / ±264)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

13,148 ±541 Number of housing units
  • the State College, PA Metro Area: 66,023 ±147
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$414,400 ±$29,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the State College, PA Metro Area: $308,100 ±$8,257
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

48.2% ±3.6% (19,499  ±1,442.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 22.6% 35,395 (±1.3% / ±1,978.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.2% ±4.2% (11,911  ±797.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 94.6% 92,230 (±2.1% / ±2,082.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
70.7% ±3.8% (8,582  ±639.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 46.5% 45,345 (±1.5% / ±1,448.3)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

13.3% ±1.5% (5,389  ±605) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,213
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

1.9% ±0.5% (710  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the State College, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,971 (±0.4% / ±575)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
710 Total veterans ±201 710 Male ±201 N/A Female ±24

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