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Swissvale, PA

8,499 Population
1.2 square miles 7,044.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,467 ±$7,623 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $44,726 ±$329
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$60,114 ±$4,151 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $73,942 ±$634
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.1% ±4.6% (1,108  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 259,174 (±0.2% / ±4,791)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.5 minutes ±2 (107,065  ±13,689) 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

4,469 ±236 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,059,751 ±3,032
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.9 ±0.1 (8,466  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,379,262 (±0 / ±541)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2.2% ±2.3% (50  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,495 (±0.2% / ±1,256)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,879 ±274 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,169,819 ±321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$141,300 ±$5,820 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $204,500 ±$1,294
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.5% ±4.8% (1,387  ±403.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11% 265,111 (±0.2% / ±5,750.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.1% ±8.4% (6,476  ±616.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.9% 1,691,427 (±0.5% / ±9,312.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
41% ±5.4% (2,734  ±377.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 37.4% 666,903 (±0.3% / ±5,933.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

6.7% ±3.3% (566  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.1% 100,874
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.1% ±1.6% (293  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.7% 133,386 (±0.1% / ±2,321)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
293 Total veterans ±118 280 Male ±120 13 Female ±16

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