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Armstrong County, PA

Demographic and economic profile of Armstrong County, PA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Armstrong County is a small rural Pennsylvania county of 65,069 residents with an older workforce — median age 47.2 — where 93.1% hold a high school diploma but only 18.9% have a bachelor's degree or higher, and median worker earnings run $40,809 against a labor force participation rate of just 57.7%. Housing costs are low, with a median home value of $146,300 and median gross rent of $802/month, and the homeownership rate stands at 78.8%. The county's population declined 1.9% over the past five years, unemployment sits at 4.6%, and the foreign-born share is 0.7%, reflecting a largely stable, homogeneous, and slowly contracting local economy.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

63,679

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Household Income

$65,008

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

47.2 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-1.9% since 2018

Armstrong County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone61,501 (95.2%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race1,168 (1.8%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races765 (1.2%)
  • Black or African American Alone608 (0.9%)
  • Some Other Race Alone340 (0.5%)
  • Asian Alone228 (0.4%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.German or other West Germanic617
  2. 2.Spanish328
  3. 3.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)150
  4. 4.Other Indo-European125
  5. 5.French (incl. Cajun, Haitian)67

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

19.0%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

57.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

23.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

0.7%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

4,502

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$30,790

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$35,313

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

11.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance7,729
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)4,904
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)3,254
  4. 4.Construction (Group)2,857
  5. 5.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,971

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations9,499
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations6,015
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations4,931
  4. 4.Service Occupations4,849
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations4,173

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.91×)909
  2. 2.Manufacturing (LQ 1.68×)4,980
  3. 3.Construction (LQ 1.34×)2,769
  4. 4.Other Services (LQ 1.29×)1,812
  5. 5.Educational Services & Health Care (LQ 1.10×)7,660

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$146,300

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$802/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

78.8%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9992,554 (11.6%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9992,390 (10.8%)
  • $100,000 to $124,9992,310 (10.5%)
  • $300,000 to $399,9992,181 (9.9%)
  • $250,000 to $299,9991,711 (7.7%)
  • $175,000 to $199,9991,585 (7.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

18.9%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

93.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

57.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$40,809

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

28.6 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

7.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone22,788 (78.0%)
  • Worked At Home2,756 (9.4%)
  • Carpooled2,580 (8.8%)
  • Walked722 (2.5%)
  • Other272 (0.9%)
  • Public Transit64 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.