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Blair & Huntingdon Counties--Altoona City PUMA, PA

163,628 Population
1,399.9 square miles 116.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,107 ±$1,692 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$66,845 ±$2,641 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.1% ±1.2% (17,102  ±1,918) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.4 minutes ±1.1 (1,539,755  ±92,246) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

68,704 ±1,446 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (153,875  ±229) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±1.4% (1,320  ±471) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,115 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$171,000 ±$6,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±1.4% (14,256  ±2,241.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.7% ±3.5% (109,211  ±4,119.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
24.4% ±1.9% (28,785  ±2,280.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

3.2% ±0.3% (5,027  ±503.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

1.5% (2,486  ±689) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.6% ±0.9% (10,079  ±1,131) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,079 Total veterans ±1,131 9,266 Male ±1,079 813 Female ±381

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