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Swissvale, PA

8,724 Population
1.2 square miles 7,230.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$30,996 ±$2,935 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $37,195 ±$311
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $35,518 ±$159
$50,690 ±$5,396 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

12.7% ±3.6% (1,108  ±311) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 241,924 (±0.2% / ±5,306)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)

29.7 minutes ±0.9 (134,435  ±13,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 27 28,320,500 (±0.2 / ±242,217)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)

Families

4,535 ±290 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,017,860 ±2,703
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
1.9 ±0.1 (8,681  ±75) 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

1.7% ±1.4% (36  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 25,701 (±0.2% / ±1,162)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)

Housing

5,233 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,129,809 ±987
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914

$119,700 ±$9,150 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $159,800 ±$902
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571

12.4% ±3.9% (1,077  ±340.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12% 276,443 (±0.2% / ±5,244.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)

Social

94.7% ±7.8% (6,361  ±597.5) 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91% 8,180,031 (±0.2% / ±20,777.9)
41.1% ±4.3% (2,762  ±315) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 35.9% 606,892 (±0.3% / ±5,146.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

5.4% ±2.7% (470  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4% 93,937 (±0.1% / ±2,379)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)

5.3% ±1.9% (387  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 7.8% 146,595 (±0.1% / ±2,506)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
387 Total veterans ±140 355 Male ±133 32 Female ±28

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