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Pittsburgh, PA

301,286 Population
55.4 square miles 5,440.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±0.4 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$35,093 ±$695 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $37,195 ±$311
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
$50,536 ±$1,341 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $61,969 ±$476
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256

19.7% ±0.9% (55,113  ±2,538) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 241,924 (±0.2% / ±5,306)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)

24.2 minutes ±0.3 (3,398,610  ±71,614) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 27 28,320,500 (±0.2 / ±242,217)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)

Families

140,496 ±1,714 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,017,860 ±2,703
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
2 ±0 (278,761  ±1,016) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,262,534 (±0 / ±2,049)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980

3.8% ±0.5% (3,203  ±394) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 25,701 (±0.2% / ±1,162)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)

Housing

159,339 ±1,599 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,129,809 ±987
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914

$134,800 ±$4,353 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $159,800 ±$902
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571

21.8% ±0.8% (64,898  ±2,371.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12% 276,443 (±0.2% / ±5,244.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)

Social

93.2% ±1.3% (193,374  ±3,095.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.3% 1,595,068 (±0.5% / ±8,109)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
45.4% ±0.9% (94,217  ±2,117.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 35.9% 606,892 (±0.3% / ±5,146.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 32.3% 2,906,517 (±0.2% / ±13,395.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data

9% ±0.5% (27,131  ±1,362) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4% 93,937 (±0.1% / ±2,379)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)

5.6% ±0.3% (14,440  ±749) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 7.8% 146,595 (±0.1% / ±2,506)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
14,440 Total veterans ±749 13,229 Male ±702 1,211 Female ±208

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