Joffre, PA

Census Place

2024 Population

610

US Senator

John Fetterman

Democratic Party

US Senator

Dave McCormick

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

29.2

38% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

31.8%

192% 1-year increase

2020 Median Household Income

$44,107

17% 1-year decline

2022 Median Property Value

$79,100

7.38% 1-year decline

Economy

The economy of Joffre, PA employs 303 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Joffre, PA were Other Services, Except Public Administration (83 people), Manufacturing (73 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (50 people), and the highest paying industries were Manufacturing ($48,281), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($36,071), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($32,978).

Employment

Occupations

303

2024 Value

± 141

24.2%

1 Year growth

± 53.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Joffre, PA grew at a rate of 24.2%, from 244 employees to 303 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Joffre, PA, are Health Technologists & Technicians (50 people), Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Occupations (49 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (43 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Joffre, PA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Pennsylvania (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

303

2024 Value

± 141

24.2%

1 Year growth

± 53.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Joffre, PA grew at a rate of 24.2%, from 244 employees to 303 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Joffre, PA, are Other Services, Except Public Administration (83 people), Manufacturing (73 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (50 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Joffre, PA, though some of these residents may live in Joffre, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$37,115

Median earning men ± $41,639

$33,493

Median earning women ± $24,559

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($55,694).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are .

Housing & Living

The median property value in Joffre, PA was $79,100 in 2022, which is 0.238 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $85,400 to $79,100, a 7.38% decrease. The homeownership rate in Joffre, PA is 85.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Joffre, PA have an average commute time of 30.4 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Joffre, PA is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$79,100

Median Property Value 2022

±$72,447

$224

Median Property Taxes

±$130

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Joffre, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Joffre, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

85.2%

Homeownership

2024

48.8%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 85.2% of the housing units in Joffre, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 81.1%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Joffre, PA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$44,107

Median Household Income

± $36,118

263

Number of Households

± 140

In 2020, the median household income of the 263 households in Joffre, PA declined from $44,107 from the previous year's value of $53,162.

The following chart displays the households in Joffre, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $20k - $25k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Joffre, PA is from Pennsylvania.

0.463

2024 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

0.463

2023 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

In 2024, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.463 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0903% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Pennsylvania across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (63%)
Worked At Home (27.4%)
Carpooled (9.57%)

In 2024, 63% of workers in Joffre, PA drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (27.4%) and those who carpooled to work (9.57%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

30.4 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Joffre, PA have a longer commute time (30.4 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Joffre, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Joffre, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Joffre, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Joffre, PA have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

31.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Joffre, PA (194 out of 610 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 18 - 24, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Males < 5.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Joffre, PA is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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