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Erie County, OH

73,841 Population
251.3 square miles 293.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ohio: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,792 ±$3,622 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $40,934 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$73,306 ±$8,715 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ohio: $72,212 ±$538
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.7% ±3.5% (10,687  ±2,555) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ohio: 12.7% 1,467,983 (±0.3% / ±33,353)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.5 minutes ±0.9 (718,215  ±36,858) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 23.4 114,422,230 (±0.1 / ±513,925)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

32,447 ±1,555 Number of households
  • Ohio: 4,929,322 ±14,176
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (70,277  ±435) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ohio: 2.4 11,586,466
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

10.3% ±5.3% (1,504  ±767) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Ohio: 5.2% 138,576 (±0.3% / ±6,966)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

38,778 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Ohio: 5,336,168 ±1,425
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$226,000 ±$15,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Ohio: $239,800 ±$1,395
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±3.1% (7,332  ±2,243) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ohio: 11.8% 1,383,489 (±0.3% / ±29,556)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96% ±6.8% (50,936  ±3,689.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ohio: 92.2% 7,607,705 (±0.5% / ±43,588.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.2% ±4.1% (16,555  ±2,170.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Ohio: 32.4% 2,670,043 (±0.3% / ±24,912.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.6% (2,644  ±904) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Ohio: 5.5% 654,793
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

8.7% ±1.4% (5,170  ±840) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ohio: 6.2% 572,074 (±0.1% / ±11,365)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,170 Total veterans ±840 5,032 Male ±829 138 Female ±156

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