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Wilkinsburg, PA

15,367 Population
2.3 square miles 6,821 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,524 ±$3,329 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
$37,649 ±$3,956 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $61,969 ±$476
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $63,627 ±$256

26.3% ±3.9% (4,009  ±600) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 241,924 (±0.2% / ±5,306)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,480,430 (±0.2% / ±18,271)

27.2 minutes ±2.2 (176,945  ±19,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 27 28,320,500 (±0.2 / ±242,217)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 153,412,435 (±0.1 / ±553,977)

Families

8,888 ±418 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,017,860 ±2,703
  • Pennsylvania: 5,106,601 ±8,064
1.7 ±0.1 (15,205  ±89) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.2 2,262,534 (±0 / ±2,049)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,374,980

5.6% ±2.4% (226  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5.1% 25,701 (±0.2% / ±1,162)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,718 (±0.1% / ±3,014)

Housing

11,057 ±476 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,129,809 ±987
  • Pennsylvania: 5,713,345 ±914

$93,000 ±$8,386 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $159,800 ±$902
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $187,500 ±$571

18.8% ±3.4% (2,864  ±514.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12% 276,443 (±0.2% / ±5,244.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.2% 1,546,219 (±0.1% / ±15,302.2)

Social

93.4% ±5.8% (10,888  ±797.9) 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)
38.6% ±4.2% (4,497  ±516.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 35.9% 606,892 (±0.3% / ±5,146.4)
  • about 20 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

3.4% ±1% (524  ±151) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4% 93,937 (±0.1% / ±2,379)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7% 896,853 (±0.1% / ±9,635)

6.1% ±1.5% (789  ±198) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 7.8% 146,595 (±0.1% / ±2,506)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 731,411 (±0.1% / ±5,017)
789 Total veterans ±198 765 Male ±188 24 Female ±26

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