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South Union township, Fayette County, PA

10,620 Population
16.8 square miles 633.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±3.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Fayette County: 45.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,177 ±$2,890 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Fayette County: $32,739 ±$951
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,708 ±$7,317 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Fayette County: $58,236 ±$2,045
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±2.5% (847  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Fayette County: 16.8% 20,489 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±2.5 (100,395  ±14,642) 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

4,588 ±241 Number of households
  • Fayette County: 55,182 ±708
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (10,252  ±37) 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

10.8% ±6.3% (246  ±147) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Fayette County: 5.3% † 1,332 (±1% / ±250)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,788 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Fayette County: 62,158 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$209,300 ±$20,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Fayette County: $143,200 ±$5,445
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±3.7% (1,022  ±382.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 8.1% † 10,127 (±0.9% / ±1,159.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±6.9% (7,434  ±602.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Fayette County: 90.2% 83,841 (±2.1% / ±1,926.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±3.9% (2,120  ±316.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Fayette County: 19.1% 17,743 (±1% / ±959.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.5% ±1.2% (264  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Fayette County: 1.3% 1,619
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.2% (688  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fayette County: 7.2% 7,328 (±0.5% / ±493)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
688 Total veterans ±187 688 Male ±187 N/A Female ±19

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