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New Kensington, PA

12,011 Population
3.9 square miles 3,041.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$34,221 ±$2,878 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $45,933 ±$334
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$49,063 ±$4,644 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $75,762 ±$672
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

16% ±3.5% (1,907  ±411) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.1% 263,456 (±0.3% / ±5,976)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

25.1 minutes ±1.9 (113,525  ±15,128) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 25.8 25,276,880 (±0.2 / ±212,103)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

6,220 ±261 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,061,705 ±2,957
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.9 ±0.1 (11,997  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,374,138 (±0 / ±590)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

8.2% ±4.4% (173  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,358 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

7,066 ±323 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,174,149 ±387
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$142,000 ±$6,967 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $215,000 ±$1,196
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

11.1% ±4.6% (1,309  ±544.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.5% 253,489 (±0.2% / ±5,612.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.4% ±6.7% (8,785  ±694.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 95.1% 1,694,615 (±0.5% / ±9,018.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
22.5% ±3.5% (2,048  ±327.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 38.2% 680,520 (±0.3% / ±5,760.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

1.3% ±0.8% (155  ±93) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.3% 104,605
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.7% ±1.5% (674  ±150) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.5% 129,132 (±0.1% / ±2,437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
674 Total veterans ±150 641 Male ±148 33 Female ±29

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