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Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area

2,353,538 Population
5,282.9 square miles 445.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,538 ±$564 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$66,609 ±$1,150 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.2% ±0.5% (257,267  ±11,164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

25.8 minutes ±0.2 (22,973,300  ±378,382) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,025,698 ±5,466 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.2 ±0 (2,291,747  ±6,302) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.8% ±0.6% (24,269  ±2,830) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

1,129,527 ±2,829 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$190,000 ±$2,534 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

11% ±0.5% (255,799  ±11,302.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.7% ±1.1% (1,630,101  ±18,315.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
38.1% ±0.7% (655,364  ±11,898.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

5.4% ±0.3% (120,698  ±7,598.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,447,986 (±0.2% / ±25,911.8)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

4.1% ±0.3% (96,060  ±5,807) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.4% ±0.3% (121,524  ±4,842) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
121,524 Total veterans ±4,842 113,516 Male ±4,442 8,008 Female ±1,534

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