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Bessemer borough, Lawrence County, PA

881 Population
1.7 square miles 532.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±5.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 44.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,735 ±$7,693 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $35,150 ±$816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,893 ±$11,293 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lawrence County: $61,931 ±$2,883
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±5.8% (95  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 11.9% 9,813 (±1.2% / ±965)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.5 minutes ±2.4 (11,015  ±2,514) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 23.4 762,650 (±0.8 / ±34,298)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

383 ±56 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 36,121 ±429
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (881  ±134) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lawrence County: 2.3 82,789 (±0 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

419 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 39,591 ±59
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,700 ±$18,117 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $147,200 ±$6,024
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±4.1% (42  ±36.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Lawrence County: 10% † 8,414 (±1.1% / ±952.2)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95% ±20.5% (594  ±89.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lawrence County: 92.4% 56,691 (±2.2% / ±1,326.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
11.7% ±5.5% (73  ±36.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lawrence County: 23.4% 14,341 (±1.1% / ±701.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about one-third 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

1.8% ±2% (16  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lawrence County: 1.3% 1,125
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±3.9% (46  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 7.8% 5,298 (±0.6% / ±425)
  • about 10 percent 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)
46 Total veterans ±28 46 Male ±28 N/A Female ±12

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