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Erie, PA

92,953 Population
19.1 square miles 4,858.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,340 ±$2,188 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $33,614 ±$1,508
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$41,377 ±$3,180 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $60,663 ±$1,932
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

25.7% ±4.5% (22,258  ±3,871) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 14.6% † 36,951 (±1.6% / ±4,108)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

19.3 minutes ±1.6 (712,280  ±78,454) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 19.5 2,161,960 (±0.9 / ±124,614)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)

Families

39,704 ±1,828 Number of households
  • the Erie, PA Metro Area: 111,118 ±1,975
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.2 ±0.1 (86,771  ±641) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 2.3 254,006 (±0 / ±706)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

7.1% ±3.4% (1,568  ±764) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 5.5% † 3,237 (±2% / ±1,183)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

43,255 ±1,729 Number of housing units
  • the Erie, PA Metro Area: 120,289 ±313
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$117,200 ±$9,462 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Erie, PA Metro Area: $179,200 ±$8,146
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

16.4% ±3.6% (15,027  ±3,339) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 12.7% † 33,727 (±1.8% / ±4,681.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

88.2% ±4.9% (52,554  ±3,464) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 92.8% 171,750 (±3.2% / ±6,012.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
21.8% ±2.7% (12,986  ±1,675.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 29.3% 54,155 (±1.8% / ±3,399.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

6.1% ±1.7% (5,650  ±1,593) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 4.6% 12,272
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

6.6% ±1.3% (4,725  ±917) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Erie, PA Metro Area: 6.7% † 14,286 (±0.8% / ±1,625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
4,725 Total veterans ±917 4,212 Male ±960 513 Female ±412

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