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Ben Avon borough, Allegheny County, PA

1,919 Population
0.4 square miles 5,062.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Allegheny County: 40.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,675 ±$4,767 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Allegheny County: $48,208 ±$427
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$100,353 ±$11,089 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Allegheny County: $76,393 ±$842
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.2% ±2.9% (139  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allegheny County: 11.2% 135,306 (±0.3% / ±3,940)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.4 minutes ±5.6 (18,525  ±2,621) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Allegheny County: 25.7 13,097,430 (±0.2 / ±157,280)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

783 ±93 Number of households
  • Allegheny County: 546,507 ±2,137
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.4 (1,908  ±198) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Allegheny County: 2.2 1,204,750 (±0 / ±400)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

3.3% ±2.8% (15  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allegheny County: 4.9% 13,857 (±0.3% / ±917)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

846 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Allegheny County: 604,558 ±242
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$342,800 ±$22,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Allegheny County: $216,700 ±$1,559
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.4% ±3.1% (160  ±60.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Allegheny County: 12.8% 156,780 (±0.4% / ±4,537.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

99% ±16.8% (1,345  ±147.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Allegheny County: 95.5% 859,777 (±0.8% / ±6,935.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
64.7% ±11.1% (879  ±99.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Allegheny County: 44.8% 403,248 (±0.5% / ±4,604.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±0.8% (38  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Allegheny County: 6.4% 79,004
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.7% ±4.3% (83  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Allegheny County: 6% 60,154 (±0.2% / ±1,502)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
83 Total veterans ±64 79 Male ±64 4 Female ±5

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