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Forward township, Butler County, PA

3,252 Population
23 square miles 141.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Butler County: 43.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,712 ±$14,283 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $47,658 ±$1,348
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$102,069 ±$18,945 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Butler County: $86,775 ±$2,932
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.3% ±2% (76  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Butler County: 8% 15,175 (±0.6% / ±1,078)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.2 minutes ±7.8 (39,080  ±6,031) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Butler County: 27.4 2,242,935 (±0.6 / ±65,410)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,404 ±133 Number of households
  • Butler County: 80,245 ±590
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (3,252  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Butler County: 2.4 190,460 (±0 / ±90)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.9% ±5.8% (21  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butler County: 4.5% † 1,852 (±0.8% / ±329)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,428 ±133 Number of housing units
  • Butler County: 86,399 ±90
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$364,000 ±$52,706 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Butler County: $275,600 ±$4,575
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.3% ±2.5% (108  ±79.2) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Butler County: 10.5% 20,367 (±0.7% / ±1,364.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.4% ±15% (2,561  ±425.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Butler County: 95.7% 134,521 (±1.6% / ±2,283.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
42.1% ±12.5% (1,096  ±333.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Butler County: 38.6% 54,328 (±1.1% / ±1,524)
  • 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

0.2% ±0.3% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Butler County: 2.1% 4,045
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.6% ±3.3% (150  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Butler County: 7.3% 11,546 (±0.4% / ±579)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
150 Total veterans ±89 123 Male ±79 27 Female ±26

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