Median age of 35 among York residents as of 2021

York recorded a median age of 35 years old among its 8,423 residents in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data obtained by Mifeed.

The city's population is slightly younger than South Carolina's median age, which sits at 40 years old.

Unlike the average age, the median age is the age that splits a population into two halves: one half younger than the median and the other half older. While the average can be influenced by outliers, the median is generally less susceptible to extreme values, making it a more reliable measure of the population's age tendency.

According to the 2021 census, the median age varied across different ethnicities in the state.

Data also shows that York's population leaned towards the 10 to 14 years demographic.

OurWorldinData.org, an online project tracking global data and trends, says cities, states, countries and continents with higher median ages typically do better economically and residents earn higher wages than developing countries.

The median age among U.S. citizens reached 38.9 years between 2021 and 2022, a record high in the country. A third of America's states registered median ages higher than 40 years old, with Maine achieving the highest of 44.8 years.

Ethnicity	Median Age - Male	Median Age - Female
American Indian and Alaska Native	-	-
Asian	-	-
Black or African American	28	37
Hispanic or Latino	17	14
White	38	40
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	-	-
Some other race	18	8
Multiracial	16	50