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Wilkinsburg, PA

15,485 Population
2.3 square miles 6,878.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 43.1 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$30,455 ±$2,775 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $36,208 ±$224
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $34,352 ±$135
$36,743 ±$2,627 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $60,535 ±$390
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $61,744 ±$189

24.5% ±3.2% (3,771  ±498) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 11.2% 253,654 (±0.2% / ±5,329)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,539,183 (±0.2% / ±18,184)

26.2 minutes ±1.2 (186,320  ±15,064) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 27 29,253,330 (±0.2 / ±191,309)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 157,372,970 (±0.1 / ±580,939)

Families

8,804 ±355 Number of households
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,009,415 ±2,884
  • Pennsylvania: 5,053,106 ±9,552
1.7 ±0.1 (15,318  ±79) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 2.3 2,269,003 (±0 / ±1,554)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,367,989

5.4% ±2.4% (222  ±101) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 26,320 (±0.2% / ±1,001)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,468 (±0.1% / ±2,513)

Housing

11,049 ±444 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 1,126,143 ±861
  • Pennsylvania: 5,693,314 ±749

$87,800 ±$11,269 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: $154,000 ±$744
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $180,200 ±$455

19.8% ±3.7% (3,042  ±562.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 12.2% 282,002 (±0.2% / ±5,221.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,564,247 (±0.1% / ±14,319.9)

Social

93.7% ±4.7% (11,051  ±688.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 93.9% 1,588,183 (±0.4% / ±7,073.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.5% 8,105,322 (±0.2% / ±19,506.5)
37.4% ±3.1% (4,412  ±400.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 34.9% 591,082 (±0.3% / ±4,536.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.4% 2,814,285 (±0.1% / ±11,668.7)

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

3.5% ±1.2% (545  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 3.9% 91,278 (±0.1% / ±2,183)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 882,350 (±0.1% / ±8,058)

6.8% ±1.6% (882  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 154,098 (±0.1% / ±1,928)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 759,474 (±0.1% / ±5,125)
882 Total veterans ±213 824 Male ±212 58 Female ±42

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