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Ligonier township, Westmoreland County, PA

6,012 Population
92.4 square miles 65 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Westmoreland County: 47.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,630 ±$4,153 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $43,509 ±$804
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,569 ±$10,856 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $74,109 ±$1,340
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.8% ±4.2% (577  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Westmoreland County: 10.3% 35,494 (±0.6% / ±1,909)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±2.7 (59,200  ±9,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Westmoreland County: 26.7 3,872,795 (±0.5 / ±94,074)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,785 ±246 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 154,979 ±839
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (5,924  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.2 345,195 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.1% (51  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 5.5% † 3,724 (±0.7% / ±499)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,516 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 168,812 ±160
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,200 ±$20,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $203,500 ±$2,976
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.4% ±3.1% (322  ±184.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.7% 26,770 (±0.5% / ±1,660.4)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±7.2% (4,715  ±460.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 95.6% 251,468 (±1.2% / ±3,168.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.6% ±4.5% (1,691  ±242.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 32.8% 86,280 (±0.7% / ±1,867.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • a little less than 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

1.9% ±0.9% (112  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Westmoreland County: 1.9% 6,790
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.4% (405  ±125) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.3% 21,091 (±0.4% / ±1,010)
  • 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)
405 Total veterans ±125 363 Male ±107 42 Female ±49

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