Saxton, Pennsylvania Statistic: Population, Charts, Map, Steets and More

Those looking to move to Saxton City may be wondering how to go about it. The city has about seven hundred and thirty eight residents. The median household income is approximately $35,000 and the poverty rate is less than two percent. To learn more about the economy of this city, check out the following statistics:

During the 19th century, the Saxton area had an thriving railroad, attracting thousands of people to the area. The city had dozens of shops, a coal power plant, and a 7 Up bottling plant. Throughout the 1800s, the area had abundant industry, including coke ovens, brickyards, and dairies. This continued until the coal mines became exhausted after World War II.

The city's population was spread out. Twenty-one percent of its residents were under the age of eighteen. Ten percent were adults aged between twenty-four and forty-four. Twenty-three percent of households consisted of individuals, and thirty-eight percent were households with children. The median age was 38 years, and there were about two hundred fifty-four households. The ratio of males to females was eighty-one to one hundred-four.