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Plum borough, Allegheny County, PA

26,873 Population
28.6 square miles 940.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.5 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,954 ±$1,952 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Allegheny County: $48,208 ±$427
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$98,475 ±$5,255 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Allegheny County: $76,393 ±$842
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

3.1% ±0.9% (818  ±234) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Allegheny County: 11.2% 135,306 (±0.3% / ±3,940)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

31.4 minutes ±1.8 (350,070  ±33,427) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 25.7 13,097,430 (±0.2 / ±157,280)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

10,692 ±385 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 546,507 ±2,137
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.1 (26,792  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,204,750 (±0 / ±400)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.5% ±2.3% (309  ±134) 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)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

11,476 ±293 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 604,558 ±242
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$218,600 ±$5,824 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Allegheny County: $216,700 ±$1,559
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.3% ±1.6% (1,936  ±423.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.8% 156,780 (±0.4% / ±4,537.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.5% ±4.3% (18,866  ±995.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Allegheny County: 95.5% 859,777 (±0.8% / ±6,935.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
43.3% ±3.3% (8,374  ±688.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Allegheny County: 44.8% 403,248 (±0.5% / ±4,604.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.2% ±1% (581  ±259) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.4% 79,004
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

7.6% ±1.6% (1,585  ±332) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 6% 60,154 (±0.2% / ±1,502)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,585 Total veterans ±332 1,525 Male ±323 60 Female ±52

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