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Centre County PUMA, PA

159,805 Population
1,108.8 square miles 144.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,689 ±$2,198 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$77,110 ±$5,451 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.8% ±2.6% (19,981  ±3,474) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.9 minutes ±1.2 (1,366,490  ±104,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

57,295 ±1,509 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (135,182  ±322) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.5% ±1.3% (1,016  ±546) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,398 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$339,200 ±$15,308 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

21.2% ±2.7% (33,711  ±4,268.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.1% ±4.2% (92,203  ±4,244.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
47.4% ±3.1% (45,985  ±3,096.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

12.4% (18,963  ±) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

8.3% (13,239  ±2,531) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±0.7% (5,869  ±1,017) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,869 Total veterans ±1,017 5,566 Male ±973 303 Female ±164

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