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Scott township, Allegheny County, PA

17,370 Population
3.9 square miles 4,460.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,030 ±$2,669 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Allegheny County: $48,208 ±$427
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$87,228 ±$6,497 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Allegheny County: $76,393 ±$842
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.4% ±2.2% (915  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Allegheny County: 11.2% 135,306 (±0.3% / ±3,940)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.3 minutes ±0.5 (167,155  ±17,195) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Allegheny County: 25.7 13,097,430 (±0.2 / ±157,280)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,996 ±363 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 546,507 ±2,137
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.1 (16,801  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,204,750 (±0 / ±400)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.2% ±5.7% (204  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Allegheny County: 4.9% 13,857 (±0.3% / ±917)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

8,467 ±395 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 604,558 ±242
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$216,500 ±$8,382 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

11.3% ±3% (1,956  ±511.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.8% 156,780 (±0.4% / ±4,537.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.5% ±5.5% (13,235  ±825.2) 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)
51.1% ±4.5% (7,010  ±646.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 44.8% 403,248 (±0.5% / ±4,604.4)
  • about 1.5 times 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

16.7% ±3.5% (2,906  ±604) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Allegheny County: 6.4% 79,004
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.9% ±1.1% (717  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Allegheny County: 6% 60,154 (±0.2% / ±1,502)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
717 Total veterans ±159 667 Male ±141 50 Female ±53

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