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Palmerton Area School District, PA

14,180 Population
51.6 square miles 274.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.9 ±2 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 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,951 ±$3,365 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Carbon County: $36,548 ±$1,369
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,769 ±$5,216 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Carbon County: $67,554 ±$3,356
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±2.8% (1,528  ±397) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 12.3% † 7,903 (±1.3% / ±845)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±2 (203,480  ±20,621) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carbon County: 32.5 866,390 (±1 / ±40,779)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,507 ±348 Number of households
  • Carbon County: 27,255 ±500
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (14,131  ±228) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Carbon County: 2.4 64,538 (±0 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.6% (65  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Carbon County: 4.7% † 616 (±1.2% / ±154)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,952 ±341 Number of housing units
  • Carbon County: 34,417 ±64
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$220,500 ±$13,109 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Carbon County: $211,400 ±$6,685
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±2.4% (1,060  ±346) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 8.3% † 5,413 (±1.4% / ±907)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.3% ±5.7% (9,713  ±712.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Carbon County: 90.5% 43,840 (±3% / ±1,455.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±2.9% (1,897  ±330) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 19.2% 9,296 (±1.4% / ±694.9)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1.2% (317  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Carbon County: 3.7% 2,448
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±1.6% (776  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Carbon County: 8% † 4,245 (±1% / ±503)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
776 Total veterans ±194 704 Male ±180 72 Female ±52

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