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Pittsburgh, PA

303,624 Population
55.4 square miles 5,482.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,244 ±$1,240 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $32,582 ±$362
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $31,272 ±$168
$44,707 ±$2,177 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $56,063 ±$857
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $56,907 ±$360

19.2% ±1.6% (53,958  ±4,372) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 247,766 (±0.4% / ±9,516)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.9% 1,592,045 (±0.3% / ±30,765)

24.1 minutes ±0.7 (3,503,635  ±134,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 26.7 28,802,045 (±0.2 / ±363,106)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 153,107,045 (±0.1 / ±992,927)

Families

136,300 ±3,277 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 984,297 ±5,821
  • Pennsylvania: 4,937,771 ±13,721
2.1 ±0.1 (279,628  ±2,603) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,278,211 (±0 / ±4,096)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,356,803 (±0)

3.6% ±1% (2,907  ±789) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5% 25,893 (±0.4% / ±2,012)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 144,768 (±0.2% / ±5,686)

Housing

156,632 ±3,777 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,109,924 ±1,760
  • Pennsylvania: 5,611,995 ±854

$120,800 ±$5,301 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $148,600 ±$1,751
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $174,100 ±$736

22.2% ±1.4% (66,772  ±4,281) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12% 278,876 (±0.5% / ±11,213.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.9% 1,629,132 (±0.3% / ±34,158.4)

Social

92.3% ±2.4% (191,668  ±6,301.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 93.5% 1,587,102 (±0.9% / ±15,349.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.1% 8,041,629 (±0.4% / ±37,735.2)
45.8% ±1.9% (95,004  ±4,367.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 34.7% 587,923 (±0.6% / ±9,538.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 30.8% 2,747,737 (±0.3% / ±23,428.1)

10.6% ±0.6% (30,860  ±1,758.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 114,780 (±0.1% / ±2,462.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,284,370 (±0.1% / ±7,495)

8.8% ±1% (26,604  ±2,926) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 3.8% 88,767 (±0.2% / ±4,722)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.8% 870,913 (±0.2% / ±19,386)

6.6% ±0.7% (17,043  ±1,728) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 8.6% 161,787 (±0.3% / ±4,913)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.8% 791,295 (±0.1% / ±9,858)
17,043 Total veterans ±1,728 15,995 Male ±1,638 1,048 Female ±394

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