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McKeesport, PA

17,520 Population
5 square miles 3,469.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,766 ±$1,571 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $44,726 ±$329
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$31,854 ±$2,772 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $73,942 ±$634
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

32.9% ±4.7% (5,502  ±785) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 259,174 (±0.2% / ±4,791)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.7 minutes ±2.2 (156,390  ±20,202) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 26.2 26,374,476 (±0.2 / ±227,184)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,908 ±439 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,059,751 ±3,032
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.1 (16,705  ±105) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,379,262 (±0 / ±541)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.4% ±2.7% (246  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,495 (±0.2% / ±1,256)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

9,638 ±429 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,169,819 ±321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$69,800 ±$9,485 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $204,500 ±$1,294
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.5% ±2.9% (2,178  ±500.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11% 265,111 (±0.2% / ±5,750.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

85.9% ±4.9% (10,773  ±734) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.9% 1,691,427 (±0.5% / ±9,312.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
12.3% ±1.9% (1,543  ±238.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 37.4% 666,903 (±0.3% / ±5,933.1)
  • about one-third of 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% ±1% (367  ±174) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.1% 100,874
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.9% ±1.4% (937  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.7% 133,386 (±0.1% / ±2,321)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
937 Total veterans ±193 851 Male ±182 86 Female ±47

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