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Altoona Area School District, PA

56,819 Population
69.7 square miles 815.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Blair County: 42.9 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,404 ±$1,179 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Blair County: $34,593 ±$1,040
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$54,340 ±$2,400 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Blair County: $60,594 ±$1,783
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17% ±2% (9,304  ±1,075) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Blair County: 13% 15,388 (±1.1% / ±1,344)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.1 minutes ±1.2 (448,510  ±32,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Blair County: 20.9 1,089,275 (±1 / ±55,477)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

23,481 ±524 Number of households
  • Blair County: 50,548 ±565
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (54,692  ±306) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Blair County: 2.3 118,005 (±0 / ±167)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.6% ±1.1% (584  ±142) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blair County: 5.4% † 1,378 (±0.8% / ±210)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

26,491 ±580 Number of housing units
  • Blair County: 55,788 ±163
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$124,200 ±$4,680 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Blair County: $156,700 ±$3,807
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.8% ±1.4% (6,052  ±772.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Blair County: 10.4% 12,605 (±0.9% / ±1,064.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93% ±2.9% (36,764  ±1,251.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Blair County: 93.2% 81,241 (±2.1% / ±1,801.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
22.3% ±1.6% (8,823  ±650.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Blair County: 24.1% 20,990 (±1.2% / ±1,026.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

1.6% ±0.4% (895  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Blair County: 1.3% 1,593
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.5% ±1% (3,840  ±470) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Blair County: 8.8% 8,493 (±0.7% / ±647)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
3,840 Total veterans ±470 3,637 Male ±460 203 Female ±93

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