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Fayette County, PA

123,941 Population
790.8 square miles 156.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,335 ±$1,422 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$61,936 ±$5,264 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14% ±2.2% (16,771  ±2,678) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26 minutes ±0.7 (1,253,345  ±44,260) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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

55,091 ±1,513 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (119,539  ±70) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.8% ±2.4% (1,659  ±589) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,575 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$164,900 ±$7,853 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±2.3% (12,714  ±2,798) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±4.1% (82,519  ±3,829.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
20.6% ±2.2% (18,913  ±2,050.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

0.8% (1,028  ±558) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1.2% (7,259  ±1,177) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,259 Total veterans ±1,177 6,896 Male ±1,014 363 Female ±335

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