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Swissvale, PA

8,418 Population
1.2 square miles 6,977.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$43,926 ±$6,697 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $45,933 ±$334
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$60,341 ±$4,644 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $75,762 ±$672
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

17% ±4.3% (1,432  ±359) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.1% 263,456 (±0.3% / ±5,976)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.7 minutes ±4.4 (84,305  ±9,988) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 25.8 25,276,880 (±0.2 / ±212,103)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

4,352 ±278 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,061,705 ±2,957
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.9 ±0.1 (8,394  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,374,138 (±0 / ±590)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.8% ±3.3% (82  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,358 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

4,891 ±321 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,174,149 ±387
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$147,000 ±$10,549 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $215,000 ±$1,196
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

16% ±4.4% (1,334  ±366.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.5% 253,489 (±0.2% / ±5,612.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

97.3% ±7.5% (6,344  ±584.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 95.1% 1,694,615 (±0.5% / ±9,018.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
41.4% ±4.5% (2,701  ±326.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 38.2% 680,520 (±0.3% / ±5,760.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.3% ±3% (526  ±251) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.3% 104,605
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.3% ±1.2% (232  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.5% 129,132 (±0.1% / ±2,437)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
232 Total veterans ±87 226 Male ±85 6 Female ±11

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