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Williamsport, PA

27,612 Population
8.8 square miles 3,145.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,690 ±$1,869 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $35,479 ±$1,257
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,851 ±$3,043 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $63,917 ±$2,280
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

25.4% ±3.2% (6,180  ±767) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 12.8% 13,821 (±1.1% / ±1,215)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.8 minutes ±0.9 (172,430  ±16,588) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 21.1 998,870 (±0.7 / ±40,364)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,320 ±426 Number of households
  • the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 46,861 ±491
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (24,259  ±67) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 2.3 107,778 (±0 / ±81)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±2.3% (347  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 4.6% † 1,133 (±0.9% / ±222)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,107 ±372 Number of housing units
  • the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 52,715 ±77
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$154,300 ±$8,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: $202,200 ±$5,768
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±2.7% (4,802  ±728.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 10.8% † 12,137 (±1.1% / ±1,260.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±4.1% (15,025  ±823.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 91.5% 73,096 (±2% / ±1,617.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27% ±2.7% (4,475  ±464.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 24.8% 19,803 (±1.1% / ±861.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-quarters of 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

1.9% ±0.5% (535  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 1.6% 1,806
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6% ±1% (1,318  ±230) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Williamsport, PA Metro Area: 8.1% 7,288 (±0.6% / ±511)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,318 Total veterans ±230 1,207 Male ±225 111 Female ±85

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