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Pittsburgh, PA

300,454 Population
55.4 square miles 5,425.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,779 ±$1,960 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $40,538 ±$564
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
$57,821 ±$3,848 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $66,609 ±$1,150
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505

20.2% ±2.1% (56,205  ±5,903) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.2% 257,267 (±0.5% / ±11,164)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)

22.3 minutes ±2.3 (2,305,180  ±163,733) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 25.8 22,973,300 (±0.2 / ±378,382)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)

Families

136,747 ±4,641 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,025,698 ±5,466
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
2 ±0.1 (276,638  ±5,879) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,291,747 (±0 / ±6,302)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)

2.3% ±0.8% (1,986  ±654) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% † 24,269 (±0.6% / ±2,830)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)

Housing

159,435 ±5,069 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,129,527 ±2,829
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639

$181,100 ±$9,340 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $190,000 ±$2,534
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434

20.2% ±1.7% (60,187  ±5,030.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11% 255,799 (±0.5% / ±11,302.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)

Social

93.8% ±2.6% (194,373  ±6,902.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.7% 1,630,101 (±1.1% / ±18,315.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
47.6% ±2.1% (98,611  ±4,897.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 38.1% 655,364 (±0.7% / ±11,898.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.6% ±0.9% (25,855  ±2,822) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.1% 96,060 (±0.3% / ±5,807)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)

4.1% ±0.5% (10,570  ±1,400) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 121,524 (±0.3% / ±4,842)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
10,570 Total veterans ±1,400 9,794 Male ±1,322 776 Female ±438

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