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State House District 179, PA

61,988 Population
4.3 square miles 14,430.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±1.9 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

$21,758 ±$1,581 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$42,068 ±$4,535 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

26.8% ±3.4% (16,566  ±2,272) 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)

34 minutes ±1.9 (709,660  ±73,207) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

23,806 ±1,216 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (61,666  ±3,412) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.3% ±3.1% (1,071  ±469) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

25,533 ±1,216 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$161,200 ±$8,455 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±2.4% (6,084  ±1,523.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

78.7% ±3.4% (30,389  ±2,256.2) 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)
15.6% ±2.4% (6,037  ±1,010.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about two-fifths of 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

19% ±2.7% (11,804  ±1,769) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±0.9% (1,284  ±391) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,284 Total veterans ±391 1,005 Male ±379 279 Female ±183

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