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West Mifflin, PA

19,190 Population
14.2 square miles 1,349.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,627 ±$2,376 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $45,933 ±$334
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,563 ±$9,410 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $75,762 ±$672
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±3.1% (2,135  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.1% 263,456 (±0.3% / ±5,976)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.1 minutes ±2 (205,115  ±23,160) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 25.8 25,276,880 (±0.2 / ±212,103)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

8,286 ±536 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,061,705 ±2,957
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (19,091  ±53) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,374,138 (±0 / ±590)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±2.8% (189  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,358 (±0.2% / ±1,240)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

8,972 ±542 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,174,149 ±387
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$151,600 ±$6,893 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
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±1.6% (895  ±303.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.5% 253,489 (±0.2% / ±5,612.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.1% ±4.2% (12,982  ±812.6) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±2.6% (3,388  ±385.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 38.2% 680,520 (±0.3% / ±5,760.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±1.2% (372  ±221) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.3% 104,605
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±1.5% (1,026  ±228) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.5% 129,132 (±0.1% / ±2,437)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,026 Total veterans ±228 987 Male ±220 39 Female ±38

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