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Westmoreland County, PA

353,057 Population
1,027.7 square miles 343.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,933 ±$1,589 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$63,064 ±$3,941 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.7% ±1.3% (40,308  ±4,418) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

26.7 minutes ±1 (3,738,915  ±186,558) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

154,810 ±1,886 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0 (345,509  ±1,323) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

5.3% ±1.4% (3,660  ±989) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

168,331 ±592 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$175,100 ±$5,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

8.8% ±1.2% (30,767  ±4,063.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.7% ±2.6% (249,275  ±6,890) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
31% ±1.5% (81,502  ±3,992.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

1.8% ±0.4% (6,388  ±1,296) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

7.1% ±0.7% (20,486  ±2,131) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
20,486 Total veterans ±2,131 18,715 Male ±1,973 1,771 Female ±638

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