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State Senate District 2, PA

249,042 Population
16.4 square miles 15,228.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,248 ±$1,179 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,572 ±$2,314 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.9% ±2.2% (66,529  ±5,620) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33 minutes ±0.1 (2,859,380  ±127,142) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

91,250 ±2,317 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0 (247,390  ±6,479) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±1.4% (3,883  ±862) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

99,723 ±2,179 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$185,300 ±$6,039 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.8% ±1% (21,642  ±2,462) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.2% ±1.8% (124,469  ±3,912.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.4% ±1% (27,732  ±1,749.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

21.1% ±1.3% (52,432  ±3,492) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±0.6% (6,798  ±1,022) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
6,798 Total veterans ±1,022 5,406 Male ±819 1,392 Female ±561

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