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Altoona, PA Metro Area

120,269 Population
525.1 square miles 229.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,285 ±$2,295 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,994 ±$4,540 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.8% ±1.5% (13,664  ±1,723) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,027,605  ±76,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

50,837 ±1,381 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (115,844  ±172) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.6% ±1.3% (653  ±325) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

56,044 ±78 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$169,600 ±$8,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.1% ±1.6% (9,709  ±1,857.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.8% ±4.3% (79,896  ±3,696.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
25.8% ±2.4% (22,235  ±2,101.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

1.9% (2,272  ±640) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.7% ±1.1% (7,410  ±1,052) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,410 Total veterans ±1,052 6,851 Male ±1,006 559 Female ±324

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