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Wilkinsburg, PA

14,492 Population
2.3 square miles 6,432.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±3.8 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: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,396 ±$3,030 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $39,416 ±$280
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $37,725 ±$165
$39,793 ±$4,415 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $65,894 ±$516
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $67,587 ±$271

23.4% ±5.1% (3,366  ±736) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 10.7% 246,175 (±0.2% / ±5,015)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,811 (±0.1% / ±18,030)

27.2 minutes ±1.1 (160,915  ±17,489) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 26.8 27,567,160 (±0.2 / ±207,813)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)

Families

8,099 ±433 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,015,962 ±2,937
  • Pennsylvania: 5,147,783 ±8,001
1.8 ±0.1 (14,323  ±100) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,305,656 (±0 / ±1,946)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,556,941

7.5% ±4.3% (283  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5% 25,398 (±0.2% / ±1,193)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)

Housing

9,958 ±483 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,123,543 ±822
  • Pennsylvania: 5,728,788 ±563

$98,600 ±$13,029 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $167,500 ±$753
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $197,300 ±$613

19.3% ±4.2% (2,757  ±600.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 273,210 (±0.2% / ±5,159.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,511,621 (±0.1% / ±15,073.9)

Social

93.6% ±6% (10,245  ±829.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 94.5% 1,627,741 (±0.5% / ±8,456.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.4% 8,324,121 (±0.2% / ±20,896.7)
37.9% ±4.2% (4,153  ±504.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 36.6% 630,352 (±0.3% / ±5,344)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.1% 3,017,250 (±0.1% / ±12,338.7)

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

4.5% ±1.4% (645  ±207) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 4.1% 96,446 (±0.1% / ±2,612)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.1% 924,624 (±0.1% / ±8,550)

6.5% ±1.7% (786  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 139,657 (±0.1% / ±2,064)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 703,580 (±0.1% / ±4,808)
786 Total veterans ±202 753 Male ±199 33 Female ±40

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