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West Perry School District, PA

19,228 Population
313 square miles 61.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Perry County: 43.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,959 ±$1,872 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perry County: $38,594 ±$1,392
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$79,762 ±$5,098 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Perry County: $78,824 ±$3,086
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.8% ±1.9% (1,663  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 8% † 3,651 (±1% / ±444)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

33.1 minutes ±1.7 (264,695  ±19,521) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 31.5 607,880 (±0.8 / ±22,933)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,244 ±228 Number of households
  • Perry County: 18,232 ±230
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.1 (18,904  ±395) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Perry County: 2.5 45,501 (±0 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.5% ±2.9% (273  ±105) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Perry County: 5.8% † 530 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

8,165 ±239 Number of housing units
  • Perry County: 20,010 ±119
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$235,000 ±$10,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Perry County: $222,800 ±$5,639
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.1% ±1.2% (975  ±222.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 5.9% † 2,662 (±0.7% / ±332.2)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.6% ±4.2% (11,496  ±609.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Perry County: 89.9% 29,834 (±2.6% / ±855.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
14.5% ±2% (1,919  ±271.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Perry County: 18.6% 6,176 (±1.3% / ±432.9)
  • about two-fifths 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

1.5% ±0.7% (284  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Perry County: 1.2% 569
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.7% ±1.4% (1,125  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perry County: 8.6% 3,128 (±0.8% / ±284)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,125 Total veterans ±207 1,076 Male ±209 49 Female ±36

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