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Pittsburgh, PA

300,281 Population
55.4 square miles 5,422.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$37,278 ±$1,642 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $38,400 ±$641
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,804 ±$222
$53,799 ±$4,311 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $62,638 ±$1,092
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,463 ±$429

19.1% ±2.3% (53,373  ±6,513) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 246,125 (±0.5% / ±11,896)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,489,333 (±0.3% / ±38,199)

25.6 minutes ±1.3 (3,777,040  ±233,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 27.7 29,753,725 (±0.3 / ±432,356)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.8 162,715,325 (±0.2 / ±1,394,328)

Families

143,276 ±3,942 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,028,436 ±5,792
  • Pennsylvania: 5,119,249 ±11,502
1.9 ±0.1 (278,161  ±2,328) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,256,183 (±0 / ±3,672)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,380,244 (±0)

3.9% ±1.1% (3,192  ±927) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5% 24,978 (±0.5% / ±2,277)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 148,956 (±0.2% / ±6,375)

Housing

158,561 ±4,198 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,133,294 ±1,681
  • Pennsylvania: 5,732,580 ±1,066

$149,200 ±$7,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $165,900 ±$1,659
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $192,600 ±$1,105

22.4% ±1.7% (66,783  ±5,099.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12.9% 297,063 (±0.6% / ±14,524.8)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.5% 1,577,990 (±0.3% / ±34,693.9)

Social

94.2% ±2.3% (195,215  ±6,656.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.2% 1,595,122 (±1% / ±17,344.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,216,204 (±0.5% / ±41,592.6)
47% ±2% (97,449  ±4,652.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 36% 609,265 (±0.6% / ±10,782.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,917,402 (±0.3% / ±22,331.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

9% ±1.2% (27,109  ±3,517) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.2% 97,175 (±0.2% / ±4,842)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 893,167 (±0.2% / ±19,548)

4.8% ±0.6% (12,364  ±1,567) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 138,062 (±0.2% / ±3,657)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 710,375 (±0.1% / ±9,304)
12,364 Total veterans ±1,567 11,372 Male ±1,420 992 Female ±510

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