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Erie County, PA

267,689 Population
798.9 square miles 335.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$32,858 ±$1,617 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$56,094 ±$2,448 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.1% ±2.1% (38,548  ±5,303) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

19 minutes ±0.6 (2,099,680  ±92,686) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.4 140,389,840 (±0.2 / ±1,296,076)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

111,286 ±1,673 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0 (254,034  ±277) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,540,001
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

6.7% ±1.8% (3,962  ±1,051) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

120,123 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$165,600 ±$7,262 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about half the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

11.1% ±1.6% (29,376  ±4,153.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93.2% ±3.3% (173,421  ±6,222.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
31.3% ±2% (58,297  ±3,763.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4.5% (11,912  ±2,871) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 978,173
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

7.1% ±0.8% (15,000  ±1,651) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
15,000 Total veterans ±1,651 13,807 Male ±1,582 1,193 Female ±495

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