With 1,536 people, Catawissa is a city in Pennsylvania. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $145,900. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 33%. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Renters pay $644 a month at the median. At a median age of 42.8, this is an older place than the country as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,992, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.8
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Catawissa
What changed most since 1990
White share98.6% → 88.2%(−10.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants63.3% → 57.0%(−6.3 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Catawissa's population equals 2.3% of Columbia County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 1.1% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 4.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)3.9%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)27.6%(21)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.5%(27)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 76 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Catawissa, decade by decade
Catawissa population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,683
$49,223
$97,443
9.7%
3.4
2000
1,589
$55,127
$122,233
15.1%
6.5
2010
1,552
$53,722
$121,991
14.6%
9.9
2020
1,536
$63,208
$138,778
21.1%
17.5
2024
1,536
$51,992
$145,900
25.5%
26.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
