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Elgin borough, Erie County, PA

211 Population
1.5 square miles 143.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.5 ±12.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Erie County: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,739 ±$8,538 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie County: $34,285 ±$548
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$59,479 ±$12,858 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Erie County: $61,476 ±$1,408
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.5% ±4.9% (18  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 15.4% 39,543 (±1% / ±2,485)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.2 minutes ±10.9 (2,745  ±2,162) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Erie County: 19.9 2,200,970 (±0.4 / ±56,475)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

75 ±24 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,106 ±795
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±1.2 (211  ±112) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 256,390 (±0 / ±168)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

81 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,019 ±107
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$88,600 ±$10,245 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Erie County: $169,500 ±$3,756
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.1% ±20.9% (34  ±47.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Erie County: 12.4% 33,182 (±0.8% / ±2,057.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.4% ±72.4% (180  ±80.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.6% 172,620 (±1.6% / ±2,886.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
15.3% ±14.2% (28  ±30.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 29.6% 55,240 (±0.9% / ±1,724.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.9% ±1.6% (11  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie County: 7.3% 15,545 (±0.3% / ±690)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
11 Total veterans ±7 10 Male ±7 1 Female ±3

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