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Ligonier township, Westmoreland County, PA

6,046 Population
92.4 square miles 65.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Westmoreland County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,461 ±$10,291 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $42,132 ±$740
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$70,841 ±$11,572 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Westmoreland County: $72,468 ±$1,522
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.9% ±4.8% (586  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 10% 34,698 (±0.6% / ±1,984)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

26.4 minutes ±1.7 (60,345  ±8,999) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Westmoreland County: 27.1 4,038,455 (±0.4 / ±84,470)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,789 ±232 Number of households
  • Westmoreland County: 154,385 ±899
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (5,947  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Westmoreland County: 2.2 345,888 (±0 / ±98)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.5% ±4.6% (56  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 5.6% † 3,845 (±0.7% / ±470)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,467 ±251 Number of housing units
  • Westmoreland County: 168,406 ±123
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$234,200 ±$16,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Westmoreland County: $193,100 ±$2,368
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

3.1% ±1.4% (188  ±81.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Westmoreland County: 8% 27,982 (±0.5% / ±1,821.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.7% ±7.8% (4,816  ±484.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Westmoreland County: 95.4% 251,175 (±1.3% / ±3,356)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
32.8% ±4.4% (1,633  ±239.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 31.8% 83,845 (±0.7% / ±1,942.5)
  • a little less than 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% ±1% (119  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 1.8% 6,287
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.2% ±2.6% (425  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Westmoreland County: 7.8% 22,357 (±0.4% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
425 Total veterans ±136 406 Male ±121 19 Female ±31

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