Towanda is a city of 2,791 people in Pennsylvania. 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $166,900. Owners hold 53% of the housing stock. 3% of residents were born outside the United States. Density works out to 2,457 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,888, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
24% 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 Towanda
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree20.0% → 23.8%(+3.8 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Population3,242 → 2,791(−14%)US over the same years: +35%
Homes owned by their occupants59.9% → 53.4%(−6.5 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Towanda's population equals 4.7% of Bradford County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.3% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 8.3% 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)38.5%(50)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.9%(9)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30%(39)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.9%(9)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II5.4%(7)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 130 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
Towanda, decade by decade
Towanda 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
3,242
$55,137
$126,724
20.0%
1.5
2000
3,024
$65,241
$136,806
27.5%
11.1
2010
2,919
$52,938
$126,307
20.7%
13.1
2020
2,798
$53,000
$159,989
18.9%
25.1
2024
2,791
$60,888
$166,900
23.8%
6.5
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.
