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Lancaster County (Southwest)--Columbia Borough PUMA, PA

137,502 Population
161.6 square miles 850.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$48,768 ±$3,365 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$91,003 ±$6,443 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

7.3% ±2.7% (9,659  ±3,677) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

23.6 minutes ±0.8 (1,495,195  ±62,829) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

55,421 ±2,550 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0.1 (133,152  ±6,653) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,540,001
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

5% ±2.2% (1,530  ±686) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

56,837 ±2,399 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$313,500 ±$14,957 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.1% ±2.4% (15,041  ±3,301.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

92.8% ±2.7% (88,397  ±4,743.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
43.1% ±2.7% (41,026  ±3,162.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

11.9% ±1.5% (15,651  ±2,027.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,452,522 (±0.1% / ±10,378.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

6.1% ±1.4% (8,445  ±1,919) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 978,173
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

6.3% ±1% (6,887  ±1,155) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
6,887 Total veterans ±1,155 6,288 Male ±1,064 599 Female ±386

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