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Westmoreland County, PA

350,611 Population
1,028 square miles 341 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±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: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,437 ±$1,161 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $33,960 ±$208
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$58,471 ±$2,488 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $60,905 ±$315
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

9% ±1% (31,013  ±3,376) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,517,870 (±0.2% / ±30,308)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

26.4 minutes ±0.7 (4,256,710  ±149,552) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 158,372,430 (±0.2 / ±1,268,208)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

150,368 ±2,541 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,070,931 ±12,151
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.3 ±0 (342,585  ±1,332) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,385,066 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.4% ±1.2% (3,073  ±837) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 147,829 (±0.2% / ±6,771)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

170,772 ±586 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,136 ±439
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$159,600 ±$3,265 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $186,000 ±$1,108
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

8.2% ±1.1% (28,617  ±3,844.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,555,639 (±0.2% / ±29,993.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

94.8% ±2.3% (247,416  ±6,160.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,182,529 (±0.4% / ±37,753.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
29.6% ±1.3% (77,214  ±3,450.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.8% 2,862,482 (±0.3% / ±22,630.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

1.7% ±0.3% (5,805  ±998) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 922,585 (±0.2% / ±19,391)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

8.7% ±0.8% (25,036  ±2,365) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 745,909 (±0.1% / ±11,767)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
25,036 Total veterans ±2,365 23,044 Male ±2,174 1,992 Female ±583

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