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Westmoreland County, PA

348,899 Population
1,028 square miles 339.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±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: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,629 ±$1,095 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$59,073 ±$3,395 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

10.7% ±1.4% (36,445  ±4,872) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

28 minutes ±0.9 (4,452,690  ±179,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.8 162,715,325 (±0.2 / ±1,394,328)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

155,147 ±1,991 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.2 ±0 (341,066  ±1,638) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.5% ±1.6% (3,755  ±1,076) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

170,858 ±750 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$160,800 ±$3,317 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

8.7% ±1.1% (30,018  ±3,751.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

94.5% ±2.5% (245,218  ±6,477.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
29.3% ±1.4% (76,049  ±3,524.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

1.5% ±0.3% (5,134  ±859) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

9% ±0.6% (25,565  ±1,707) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
25,565 Total veterans ±1,707 23,883 Male ±1,719 1,682 Female ±559

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