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Shaler township, Allegheny County, PA

27,734 Population
11.1 square miles 2,505.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$48,908 ±$2,877 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
$90,908 ±$6,717 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Allegheny County: $76,393 ±$842
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.6% ±1.6% (1,264  ±436) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of 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)

24.1 minutes ±1.2 (307,655  ±22,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Allegheny County: 25.7 13,097,430 (±0.2 / ±157,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

12,284 ±360 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 546,507 ±2,137
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.1 (27,696  ±29) 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

6.6% ±2.9% (345  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Allegheny County: 4.9% 13,857 (±0.3% / ±917)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

12,596 ±359 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 604,558 ±242
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$236,900 ±$4,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Allegheny County: $216,700 ±$1,559
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.4% ±1.3% (1,487  ±366.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.8% 156,780 (±0.4% / ±4,537.6)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.3% ±4.6% (21,093  ±1,114.6) 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)
42.7% ±2.9% (9,252  ±672) 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

2.5% ±0.8% (696  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.4% 79,004
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.2% ±1.2% (1,425  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 6% 60,154 (±0.2% / ±1,502)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,425 Total veterans ±278 1,398 Male ±276 27 Female ±31

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