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Wilkinsburg, PA

14,165 Population
2.3 square miles 6,287.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 42.8 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,903 ±$3,706 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $44,726 ±$329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$48,565 ±$5,219 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $73,942 ±$634
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

20.3% ±3.2% (2,848  ±442) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 259,174 (±0.2% / ±4,791)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.5 minutes ±2.4 (160,425  ±20,001) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 26.2 26,374,476 (±0.2 / ±227,184)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,969 ±371 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,059,751 ±3,032
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.8 ±0.1 (13,990  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,379,262 (±0 / ±541)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

6.5% ±3.4% (246  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.8% 25,495 (±0.2% / ±1,256)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

9,876 ±489 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,169,819 ±321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$140,300 ±$20,655 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

18.1% ±3.6% (2,508  ±506.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11% 265,111 (±0.2% / ±5,750.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.6% ±6.8% (10,363  ±850.5) 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)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
36.8% ±4.5% (4,077  ±521.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 37.4% 666,903 (±0.3% / ±5,933.1)
  • about 10 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

4.5% ±1.2% (637  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.1% 100,874
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.1% ±1.3% (616  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 6.7% 133,386 (±0.1% / ±2,321)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
616 Total veterans ±157 566 Male ±144 50 Female ±46

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