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Erie, PA

92,936 Population
19.1 square miles 4,857.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,244 ±$1,824 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $36,462 ±$1,761
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
$47,733 ±$3,524 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $63,322 ±$5,262
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816

22.7% ±3.7% (19,840  ±3,259) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 14.9% † 38,041 (±1.9% / ±4,757)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)

18.1 minutes ±1.8 (669,750  ±83,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 19.6 2,238,440 (±1 / ±142,743)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)

Families

41,112 ±1,728 Number of households
  • the Erie, PA Metro Area: 111,874 ±1,828
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
2.1 ±0.1 (86,706  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 2.3 253,968 (±0 / ±190)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571

3.5% ±2.1% (825  ±495) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 4% † 2,360 (±1.3% / ±773)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)

Housing

45,557 ±1,686 Number of housing units
  • the Erie, PA Metro Area: 120,448 ±96
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507

$135,200 ±$9,027 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $200,000 ±$9,262
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517

15.1% ±3% (13,924  ±2,765.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 10.6% † 28,093 (±1.4% / ±3,691.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)

Social

87.4% ±4.8% (53,167  ±3,510.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 91.7% 169,653 (±3.2% / ±5,993)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
26.1% ±3.1% (15,850  ±1,981.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 31.1% 57,481 (±2% / ±3,657.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)

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

9.1% ±1.9% (8,426  ±1,791) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 12,858
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675

3.9% ±1.2% (2,859  ±847) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 6.9% † 14,773 (±0.8% / ±1,661)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
2,859 Total veterans ±847 2,711 Male ±841 148 Female ±138

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