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Westmoreland County, PA

355,458 Population
1,027.6 square miles 345.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,677 ±$904 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $31,272 ±$168
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $31,128 ±$63
$56,722 ±$1,693 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $56,907 ±$360
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $57,617 ±$115

9.6% ±1.2% (33,545  ±4,021) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.9% 1,592,045 (±0.3% / ±30,765)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 44,268,996 (±0.1% / ±246,910)

25.8 minutes ±0.6 (4,091,600  ±127,206) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 153,107,045 (±0.1 / ±992,927)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,802,425,670 (±0.1 / ±7,681,794)

Families

148,238 ±2,416 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 4,937,771 ±13,721
  • United States: 118,860,065 ±154,606
2.3 ±0 (347,268  ±1,791) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,356,803 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 315,047,636

4.3% ±1.1% (3,114  ±769) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 144,768 (±0.2% / ±5,686)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,946,903 (±0.1% / ±36,746)

Housing

168,230 ±776 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,611,995 ±854
  • United States: 135,702,775 ±3,052

$149,700 ±$4,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $174,100 ±$736
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $205,000 ±$467

8.3% ±1% (29,080  ±3,405.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.9% 1,629,132 (±0.3% / ±34,158.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.6% 46,701,858 (±0.1% / ±203,161.6)

Social

94.1% ±2.3% (246,199  ±5,976.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.1% 8,041,629 (±0.4% / ±37,735.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 87.5% 191,063,246 (±0.1% / ±220,872.9)
28.1% ±1.3% (73,462  ±3,325.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 30.8% 2,747,737 (±0.3% / ±23,428.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 31.3% 68,334,277 (±0.1% / ±133,659.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2016 5-year data

1.8% ±0.3% (6,265  ±1,180) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.8% 870,913 (±0.2% / ±19,386)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.5% 43,739,345 (±0% / ±129,849)

9.3% ±0.7% (26,761  ±2,023) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.8% 791,295 (±0.1% / ±9,858)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.4% 18,496,937 (±0% / ±66,959)
26,761 Total veterans ±2,023 25,330 Male ±1,928 1,431 Female ±478

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