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Ligonier borough, Westmoreland County, PA

1,562 Population
0.5 square miles 3,099.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Westmoreland County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,569 ±$12,407 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Westmoreland County: $42,132 ±$740
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$74,420 ±$19,176 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $72,468 ±$1,522
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.4% ±3.1% (85  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Westmoreland County: 10% 34,698 (±0.6% / ±1,984)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.6 minutes ±8 (14,620  ±3,115) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 27.1 4,038,455 (±0.4 / ±84,470)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

809 ±81 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 154,385 ±899
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.9 ±0.1 (1,562  ±174) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.2 345,888 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

963 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 168,406 ±123
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$223,400 ±$14,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $193,100 ±$2,368
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

7.4% ±5.3% (116  ±83.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Westmoreland County: 8% 27,982 (±0.5% / ±1,821.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.2% ±7.5% (1,234  ±165.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 95.4% 251,175 (±1.3% / ±3,356)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
42.4% ±7.6% (538  ±113.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Westmoreland County: 31.8% 83,845 (±0.7% / ±1,942.5)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.6% (7  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Westmoreland County: 1.8% 6,287
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

17.5% ±4.5% (237  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.8% 22,357 (±0.4% / ±1,043)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
237 Total veterans ±67 216 Male ±62 21 Female ±19

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