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Westmoreland County, PA

352,627 Population
1,027.6 square miles 343.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,445 ±$1,122 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $32,711 ±$207
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$60,713 ±$1,941 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $59,195 ±$443
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

9.9% ±1.1% (34,234  ±3,650) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,548,720 (±0.3% / ±31,552)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

26 minutes ±0.8 (4,291,515  ±163,389) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 155,700,265 (±0.2 / ±1,151,799)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

151,007 ±2,251 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,008,751 ±12,653
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.3 ±0 (344,377  ±1,737) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,382,049 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

5.2% ±1.1% (3,649  ±768) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,272 (±0.2% / ±6,371)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

170,495 ±760 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,694,402 ±684
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$151,200 ±$3,934 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $181,200 ±$1,167
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

9.4% ±1.1% (32,766  ±3,994.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.6% 1,601,700 (±0.3% / ±31,658.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

94.4% ±2.4% (246,299  ±6,172.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.6% 8,116,546 (±0.4% / ±37,430.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
30.5% ±1.4% (79,629  ±3,590.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.4% 2,817,236 (±0.3% / ±22,095.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

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

1.4% ±0.2% (4,969  ±852) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,769 (±0.1% / ±18,083)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

8.9% ±0.8% (25,521  ±2,297) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 742,199 (±0.1% / ±10,298)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
25,521 Total veterans ±2,297 23,529 Male ±2,105 1,992 Female ±673

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