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Forward township, Allegheny County, PA

3,022 Population
18.9 square miles 159.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,497 ±$7,645 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegheny County: $48,208 ±$427
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$72,802 ±$11,027 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Allegheny County: $76,393 ±$842
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.1% ±3% (154  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Allegheny County: 11.2% 135,306 (±0.3% / ±3,940)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.9 minutes ±3 (35,545  ±5,466) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 25.7 13,097,430 (±0.2 / ±157,280)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,338 ±108 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 546,507 ±2,137
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (3,015  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,204,750 (±0 / ±400)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.2% ±6% (32  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 4.9% 13,857 (±0.3% / ±917)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,386 ±106 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 604,558 ±242
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$163,200 ±$15,290 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Allegheny County: $216,700 ±$1,559
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.8% ±4.8% (144  ±143.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.8% 156,780 (±0.4% / ±4,537.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93% ±13.7% (2,280  ±359.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Allegheny County: 95.5% 859,777 (±0.8% / ±6,935.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.6% ±5% (333  ±123.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Allegheny County: 44.8% 403,248 (±0.5% / ±4,604.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

1.2% ±1.6% (36  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.4% 79,004
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6% ±2.2% (159  ±58) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Allegheny County: 6% 60,154 (±0.2% / ±1,502)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
159 Total veterans ±58 159 Male ±58 N/A Female ±11

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