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Palmerton Area School District, PA

14,167 Population
51.6 square miles 274.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Carbon County: 46.3 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,508 ±$4,205 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $36,380 ±$1,712
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$69,734 ±$5,299 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $67,877 ±$3,574
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.8% ±2.8% (1,378  ±401) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 12.1% † 7,697 (±1.6% / ±1,017)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.7 minutes ±1.4 (208,395  ±18,261) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carbon County: 32.2 877,695 (±1.4 / ±47,839)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,176 ±351 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,093 ±536
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (14,123  ±226) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,316 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.5% ±2.2% (99  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Carbon County: 5.1% † 671 (±1.3% / ±172)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

6,718 ±332 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,299 ±40
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$207,500 ±$13,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $193,700 ±$8,650
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.7% ±2.1% (936  ±300.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 9.2% † 5,915 (±1.4% / ±915)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.3% ±5.6% (9,530  ±689.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Carbon County: 90.3% 43,500 (±2.9% / ±1,408.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
15.6% ±2.9% (1,727  ±327.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 18.3% 8,840 (±1.4% / ±655.4)
  • about half 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

1.4% ±0.6% (203  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 3.8% 2,442
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.8% ±1.5% (686  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Carbon County: 7.8% † 4,089 (±0.9% / ±468)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
686 Total veterans ±174 593 Male ±155 93 Female ±60

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