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16602

26,352 Population
14.7 square miles 1,794.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$33,384 ±$2,167 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $35,639 ±$924
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$55,046 ±$3,815 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $62,382 ±$1,699
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

14.5% ±2.6% (3,771  ±677) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 12% 14,128 (±1% / ±1,127)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

17.7 minutes ±0.7 (197,155  ±14,793) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 20.5 1,045,540 (±0.6 / ±37,683)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

11,574 ±495 Number of households
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 50,558 ±548
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (25,839  ±919) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 2.3 117,179 (±0 / ±174)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.6% ±1.9% (203  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 4.5% † 1,134 (±0.9% / ±222)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

13,154 ±475 Number of housing units
  • the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 55,901 ±120
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$125,700 ±$7,633 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: $161,100 ±$3,077
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

8.9% ±2% (2,319  ±520.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 10.1% 12,169 (±0.9% / ±1,117.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

94.3% ±2.7% (18,078  ±870.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 93.9% 81,448 (±1.9% / ±1,653.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
21.7% ±2.1% (4,156  ±430.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 24.4% 21,189 (±1.1% / ±942.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

1.7% ±0.5% (437  ±143) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 1.5% 1,837
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

9.4% ±1.4% (1,990  ±297) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Altoona, PA Metro Area: 8.7% 8,437 (±0.6% / ±559)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,990 Total veterans ±297 1,918 Male ±298 72 Female ±38

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