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Elgin borough, Erie County, PA

181 Population
1.5 square miles 122.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.9 ±8.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Erie County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,864 ±$7,655 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Erie County: $35,812 ±$791
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,518 ±$7,294 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Erie County: $63,354 ±$1,812
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.6% ±5% (12  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 15% 38,291 (±0.9% / ±2,254)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.6 minutes ±11 (1,840  ±1,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 19.6 2,159,025 (±0.5 / ±63,769)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

61 ±27 Number of households
  • Erie County: 110,587 ±821
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.8 (181  ±95) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Erie County: 2.3 255,613 (±0 / ±173)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

66 ±27 Number of housing units
  • Erie County: 120,111 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$99,300 ±$22,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Erie County: $177,000 ±$4,034
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.6% ±24.9% (30  ±47.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Erie County: 12.1% 32,089 (±0.7% / ±1,863)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.3% ±82.7% (144  ±76.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 92.9% 173,205 (±1.5% / ±2,857)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
7.6% ±18.9% (11  ±28.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Erie County: 30.3% 56,478 (±0.9% / ±1,616.4)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.5% ±0.4% (10  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Erie County: 6.9% 14,656 (±0.4% / ±799)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
10 Total veterans ±6 8 Male ±6 2 Female ±3

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