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Census Tract 5, Erie, PA

3,282 Population
0.4 square miles 9,104 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Erie: 34.8 ±0.8
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Erie County: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$23,215 ±$8,866 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie: $27,339 ±$1,025
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Erie County: $35,812 ±$791
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$38,027 ±$4,754 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Erie: $46,113 ±$2,036
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Erie County: $63,354 ±$1,812
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

26.5% ±14.9% (869  ±510) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Erie: 23.3% 20,502 (±1.8% / ±1,610)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 15% 38,291 (±0.9% / ±2,254)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20.3 minutes ±3.3 (28,170  ±9,233) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie: 18.3 681,450 (±0.9 / ±38,735)
  • a little higher than the figure in Erie County: 19.6 2,159,025 (±0.5 / ±63,769)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,325 ±139 Number of households
  • Erie: 39,848 ±749
  • Erie County: 110,587 ±821
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.3 (3,272  ±554) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie: 2.2 87,780 (±0 / ±178)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Erie County: 2.3 255,613 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

9.1% ±13.2% (55  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Erie: 6.7% † 1,542 (±1.5% / ±346)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Erie County: 6.1% † 3,591 (±0.8% / ±492)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,402 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Erie: 43,681 ±687
  • Erie County: 120,111 ±136
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$59,000 ±$8,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Erie: $115,200 ±$4,017
  • about one-third of the amount in Erie County: $177,000 ±$4,034
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

6.2% ±4.2% (195  ±138) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie: 16.1% 14,912 (±1.4% / ±1,329.9)
  • about half the rate in Erie County: 12.1% 32,089 (±0.7% / ±1,863)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

83% ±12.5% (1,733  ±434.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie: 89.3% 54,796 (±2.7% / ±1,820.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Erie County: 92.9% 173,205 (±1.5% / ±2,857)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
13.4% ±6.3% (279  ±142.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie: 23.1% 14,148 (±1.3% / ±823.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 30.3% 56,478 (±0.9% / ±1,616.4)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

5.7% ±5.5% (186  ±182) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Erie: 7.9% † 7,448 (±1% / ±943)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Erie County: 4.9% 13,084
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.9% ±4% (89  ±93) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Erie: 4.8% † 3,517 (±0.6% / ±423)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Erie County: 6.9% 14,656 (±0.4% / ±799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
89 Total veterans ±93 89 Male ±93 N/A Female ±12

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