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Venango County, PA

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

AI Overview

Venango County is a small, rural Pennsylvania county of roughly 50,000 residents with a workforce heavily concentrated in trades and industrial occupations, reflected in a median worker earnings figure of $36,640 and a college attainment rate of just 19.7%. Labor costs are low and housing is accessible — median home values sit at $114,500 and median gross rent at $774/month — though labor force participation of 55.1% and an unemployment rate of 6.3% point to constrained workforce availability. The county has shed 4.4% of its population over five years, carries a median age of 47.6, and records a per capita GDP of $34,119, indicating a modest, slow-contracting economy with an older resident base.

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

Population

50,096

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$61,522

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

47.6 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-4.4% since 2018

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

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone46,630 (93.6%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race1,056 (2.1%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races807 (1.6%)
  • Black or African American Alone628 (1.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone470 (0.9%)
  • Asian Alone156 (0.3%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.German or other West Germanic486
  2. 2.Spanish294
  3. 3.Russian, Polish, or other Slavic54
  4. 4.Other Indo-European54
  5. 5.Other Asian and Pacific Island48

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

19.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

56.6%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

24.2%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

0.8%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

3,647

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$34,119

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$33,044

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

6.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

12.8%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance5,496
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)3,369
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)2,848
  4. 4.Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services1,490
  5. 5.Public Administration (Group)1,349

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations6,858
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations4,359
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations4,156
  4. 4.Service Occupations4,091
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations2,123

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Manufacturing (LQ 1.63×)3,493
  2. 2.Public Administration (LQ 1.45×)1,475
  3. 3.Other Services (LQ 1.23×)1,244
  4. 4.Retail Trade (LQ 1.15×)2,691
  5. 5.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.08×)1,360

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$114,500

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$774/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

75.3%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $100,000 to $124,9991,745 (10.8%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9991,566 (9.7%)
  • $200,000 to $249,9991,554 (9.6%)
  • $125,000 to $149,9991,115 (6.9%)
  • $300,000 to $399,999943 (5.9%)
  • $80,000 to $89,999938 (5.8%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

19.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

91.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

55.1%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$36,640

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

23.1 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

7.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone16,676 (78.7%)
  • Carpooled1,965 (9.3%)
  • Worked At Home1,856 (8.8%)
  • Walked492 (2.3%)
  • Public Transit109 (0.5%)
  • Other90 (0.4%)

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.