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West Buffalo township, Union County, PA

2,881 Population
38.3 square miles 75.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 40.5 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,169 ±$23,102 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $36,765 ±$2,654
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$74,886 ±$24,261 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Union County: $72,894 ±$5,156
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.4% ±3.1% (212  ±88) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Union County: 9.7% † 3,290 (±1.6% / ±541)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20.2 minutes ±1.4 (23,715  ±4,243) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 18 283,830 (±0.6 / ±15,124)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,186 ±101 Number of households
  • Union County: 14,301 ±304
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.2 (2,881  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Union County: 2.4 33,756 (±0.1 / ±232)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

0.8% ±1.3% (5  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Union County: 5.6% † 486 (±1.5% / ±130)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,341 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 16,158 ±104
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$235,600 ±$34,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Union County: $222,900 ±$8,430
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

4.3% ±2.9% (123  ±84.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Union County: 20.5% 8,637 (±1.6% / ±661.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

83.2% ±12.4% (1,722  ±282.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 86.7% 25,279 (±3% / ±876.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
20.7% ±6.3% (428  ±133) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Union County: 26.4% 7,706 (±1.8% / ±522.3)
  • about three-fifths of 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

0.4% ±0.6% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Union County: 3.7% 1,575
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.7% ±3.5% (200  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 6.4% † 2,233 (±0.9% / ±305)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
200 Total veterans ±81 187 Male ±80 13 Female ±20

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