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Congressional District 15, PA

750,180 Population
12,982.2 square miles 57.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,219 ±$970 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$62,295 ±$1,542 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.5% ±0.9% (100,673  ±5,917) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.1 minutes ±0.7 (7,072,350  ±246,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

315,356 ±3,308 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (696,317  ±3,926) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±0.9% (7,971  ±1,455) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

371,235 ±1,777 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$172,600 ±$3,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about half the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.6% ±0.8% (93,602  ±5,988.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.8% ±1.4% (481,911  ±7,828.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
26.1% ±0.9% (136,800  ±4,893.2) 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)

6.2% ±0.3% (44,692  ±1,832.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,482,073 (±0.1% / ±11,519.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

2.9% ±0.3% (21,831  ±2,499) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.3% ±0.4% (45,138  ±2,563) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
45,138 Total veterans ±2,563 41,875 Male ±2,264 3,263 Female ±692

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