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Congressional District 2, PA

713,964 Population
64.1 square miles 11,144.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$31,542 ±$1,314 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,629 ±$2,221 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

20.7% ±1.7% (144,402  ±12,508) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.7 minutes ±0.8 (8,740,505  ±474,287) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

294,824 ±7,708 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (696,246  ±20,245) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.8% ±1.3% (10,093  ±2,379) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

319,566 ±8,109 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$235,000 ±$6,474 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±1.5% (82,940  ±10,451.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

84.6% ±1.8% (411,007  ±13,863.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.3% ±1.3% (127,850  ±7,324.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

35.3% ±1.4% (247,823  ±10,421.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,482,073 (±0.1% / ±11,519.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

19.9% ±1.6% (141,998  ±12,335) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.6% ±0.6% (19,494  ±3,209) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
19,494 Total veterans ±3,209 17,461 Male ±2,876 2,033 Female ±1,045

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