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Dawson borough, Fayette County, PA

388 Population
0.2 square miles 2,243.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±12 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,101 ±$6,265 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $32,739 ±$951
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,929 ±$24,419 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fayette County: $58,236 ±$2,045
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

30.7% ±22% (119  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Fayette County: 16.8% 20,489 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±12.5 (2,540  ±864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Fayette County: 26 1,253,345 (±0.7 / ±44,260)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

174 ±44 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 55,182 ±708
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (388  ±120) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Fayette County: 2.2 121,510 (±0 / ±66)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

183 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,158 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,000 ±$12,350 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Fayette County: $143,200 ±$5,445
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

84.9% ±31.4% (242  ±62.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Fayette County: 90.2% 83,841 (±2.1% / ±1,926.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7% ±11.8% (20  ±34.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Fayette County: 19.1% 17,743 (±1% / ±959.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.6% ±3.4% (14  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,328 (±0.5% / ±493)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
14 Total veterans ±11 14 Male ±11 N/A Female ±12

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