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Shamokin--Mount Carmel, PA Urban Area

28,022 Population
7.9 square miles 3,567.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,925 ±$1,582 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,520 ±$2,210 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.1% ±2.6% (4,123  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.4 minutes ±1.3 (268,100  ±21,827) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,728 ±411 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (25,629  ±582) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.1% ±1.9% (305  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

14,799 ±474 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,000 ±$3,643 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.3% (3,065  ±628.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.1% ±3.2% (18,366  ±839) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
15.7% ±1.8% (3,317  ±392.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths 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

1.3% ±0.5% (359  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.5% ±1.5% (1,962  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,962 Total veterans ±357 1,703 Male ±304 259 Female ±127

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