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Forward township, Allegheny County, PA

3,009 Population
18.9 square miles 159 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$40,100 ±$8,964 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Allegheny County: $49,588 ±$525
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$67,171 ±$16,918 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Allegheny County: $78,548 ±$994
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

8.7% ±5.1% (262  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Allegheny County: 11.5% 138,617 (±0.4% / ±4,383)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

30.7 minutes ±1.5 (37,330  ±4,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 25.2 12,420,495 (±0.2 / ±145,283)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,368 ±109 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 545,802 ±1,976
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.2 (3,002  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,201,208 (±0 / ±442)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.3% ±5.9% (21  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allegheny County: 4.7% 13,396 (±0.3% / ±894)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,440 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 606,827 ±276
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$166,000 ±$15,513 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Allegheny County: $227,600 ±$1,801
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

1.5% ±1.5% (45  ±45.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.1% 148,645 (±0.4% / ±4,358.9)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

95.3% ±14.7% (2,330  ±378.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allegheny County: 95.7% 860,893 (±0.7% / ±6,517.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
14.4% ±5.6% (352  ±137.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Allegheny County: 45.8% 411,770 (±0.5% / ±4,439.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

1.1% ±1.7% (32  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.6% 81,618
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.1% ±1.9% (111  ±52) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Allegheny County: 5.7% 57,630 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
111 Total veterans ±52 111 Male ±52 N/A Female ±12

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