2024 ACS PUMS
Pennsylvania Census Data
A demographic, economic, and housing profile of Pennsylvania, built from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample. Pennsylvania is home to 13,078,751 people across 95 PUMAs, with a median household income of $77,667 and a median age of 41.4.
13,078,751
Population
$77,667
Median HH income
36.3%
Bachelor's+
$265,000
Median home value
Pennsylvania at a glance, vs. the U.S.
Every figure below is a weighted estimate from the 2024 ACS PUMS. The U.S. column is the population-weighted national average for comparison.
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $77,667 | $83,310 |
| Median family income | $101,017 | $102,685 |
| Mean wage (workers) | $63,725 | $66,223 |
| Median personal income (15+) | $35,534 | $35,074 |
| Poverty rate | 11.6% | 12.1% |
| Unemployment rate | 4.3% | 4.6% |
| Labor force participation (16+) | 63.0% | 64.0% |
| Mean hours worked / week | 37.7 | 37.9 |
| Mean Interest, dividends, and net rental income | $2,582 | $2,830 |
| Mean Selected monthly owner costs as a percentage of household income | 22.0% | 24.1% |
| Mean All other income | $588 | $705 |
| Mean Public assistance income | $42 | $45 |
| Mean Total person's earnings | $42,244 | $44,138 |
| Mean Income-to-poverty ratio | 320 | 318.7 |
| Mean Retirement income | $3,913 | $3,754 |
| Mean Self-employment income | $2,201 | $2,518 |
| Mean Supplementary Security Income | $324 | $282 |
| Mean Social Security income | $4,492 | $3,799 |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 36.3% | 36.9% |
| High school diploma or higher | 92.4% | 89.9% |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Management | 10.4% | 10.9% |
| Business operations | 3.8% | 3.8% |
| Financial specialists | 1.9% | 2.0% |
| Computer & math | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Architecture & engineering | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| Science | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Community & social service | 1.9% | 1.7% |
| Legal | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Education instruction | 6.4% | 6.3% |
| Arts, design & media | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| Healthcare practitioners | 7.2% | 6.1% |
| Healthcare support | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| Protective service | 2.1% | 2.1% |
| Food prep & serving | 5.6% | 5.7% |
| Building & grounds cleaning | 3.5% | 3.5% |
| Personal care | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Sales | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| Office & admin support | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| Farming, fishing & forestry | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Construction | 4.0% | 4.6% |
| Extraction | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Installation & repair | 2.8% | 2.9% |
| Production | 5.5% | 5.1% |
| Transportation & moving | 8.6% | 7.8% |
| Military | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Agriculture & forestry (industry) | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Mining & oil/gas (industry) | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Utilities (industry) | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Construction (industry) | 6.0% | 6.7% |
| Manufacturing (industry) | 10.4% | 9.2% |
| Wholesale trade (industry) | 1.9% | 1.8% |
| Retail trade (industry) | 11.4% | 11.0% |
| Transportation & warehousing (industry) | 4.9% | 5.0% |
| Information (industry) | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Finance & insurance (industry) | 5.9% | 6.2% |
| Professional & technical (industry) | 11.7% | 12.5% |
| Educational services (industry) | 10.0% | 9.4% |
| Health care (industry) | 13.5% | 11.3% |
| Social assistance (industry) | 2.7% | 2.3% |
| Arts & entertainment (industry) | 9.0% | 9.7% |
| Other services (industry) | 4.7% | 4.8% |
| Public administration (industry) | 3.8% | 4.6% |
| Armed forces (industry) | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Uninsured | 6.2% | 8.4% |
| Private insurance | 69.6% | 66.7% |
| Public insurance | 39.0% | 37.0% |
| With a disability | 15.2% | 14.1% |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Mean commute time | 27 min | 27 min |
| Drove to work | 76.4% | 78.5% |
| Public transit to work | 4.3% | 3.7% |
| Worked from home | 13.9% | 13.3% |
| Mean Weeks worked | 30.5 | 30.9 |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Median home value | $265,000 | $390,221 |
| Median gross rent | $1,260 | $1,507 |
| Rent as % of income | 29.0% | 30.6% |
| Homeownership rate | 69.4% | 65.1% |
| Average household size | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| Median bedrooms | 3 | 2.9 |
| Median rooms | 6 | 5.6 |
| Median year built | 1960 | 1976 |
| Vehicles per household | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| No vehicle | 10.1% | 8.5% |
| Single-family detached | 57.3% | 62.1% |
| Broadband internet | 92.9% | 95.0% |
| Median Condominium and/or homeowners association fee | $0 | $0 |
| Median Electricity cost | $150 | $155 |
| Median Fuel cost | $1,200 | $620 |
| Median Gas cost | $90 | $71 |
| Mean Age of the householder | 54 | 52.5 |
| Median Mobile home costs | $1,200 | $1,348 |
| Median First mortgage payment | $1,300 | $1,568 |
| Mean Number of own children in household | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Mean Number of related children in household | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Median Monthly rent | $1,000 | $1,323 |
| Median Selected monthly owner costs | $1,200 | $1,505 |
| Median Total payment on all second and junior mortgages and home equity loans | $430 | $471 |
| Median Property taxes | $3,050 | $3,490 |
| Median Water cost | $680 | $577 |
| Statistic | Pennsylvania | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 13,078,751 | 340,110,990 |
| Average age | 41.4 | 39.8 |
| Married (15+) | 47.8% | 47.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 9.4% | 20.0% |
| Black | 10.1% | 11.7% |
| Asian | 4.2% | 6.2% |
| Mean Fire/hazard/flood insurance | $1,178 | $1,682 |
| Mean Number of persons in family | 1.8 | 2 |
Pennsylvania's 95 PUMAs
A PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area) is a Census geography of roughly 100,000+ people — the finest level at which PUMS microdata is released. Explore Pennsylvania's 95 PUMAs on the map below — recolor it by any measure, and click an area to open its full profile.
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Population
92,733 – 112,496
112,496 – 124,330
124,330 – 135,983
135,983 – 144,882
144,882 – 162,131
162,131 – 199,271
All PUMAs in Pennsylvania
Butler County199,271Pittsburgh City (North)197,716Philadelphia City (Lower North and River Wards)192,040Northampton (South) & Lehigh (East) Counties--Bethlehem (East) & Easton Cities183,989Philadelphia City (Central and Lower Northeast)182,970Dauphin County (Central)--Harrisburg City & Colonial Park175,988York County (Central)--York City & Shiloh174,019Lancaster County (East)--Ephrata Borough173,817Cumberland County (East)173,009Clearfield, McKean, Elk, Potter & Cameron Counties168,339Monroe County166,536Delaware County (North)--Broomall166,205Lehigh County (South, Outside Allentown & Bethlehem Cities)--Emmaus Borough165,160Allegheny County (North)--Franklin Park Borough & Allison Park164,716Blair & Huntingdon Counties--Altoona City163,497Delaware County (East)--Yeadon, Lansdowne, Darby Boroughs & Drexel Hill162,131Allegheny County (East)--Monroeville Municipality, Plum & Wilkinsburg Boroughs162,039Centre County160,413Northampton County (North)159,123Philadelphia City (Central)157,955Montgomery County (Southern Central)--Norristown Borough156,198Berks County (East)154,697York County (South)154,005Philadelphia City (Northwest)152,985Berks County (Southwest)--Reading City152,353Erie City, Millcreek township, Lawrence Park Township & Wesleyville Borough151,512Mifflin, Union, Snyder & Juniata Counties151,454Lycoming & Clinton Counties150,686Delaware County (Southeast)--Chester City149,556Cumberland (West) & Perry Counties--Carlisle Borough148,305Indiana & Armstrong Counties146,952Lebanon County144,882Bradford, Tioga, Susquehanna & Sullivan Counties144,819Schuylkill County144,414Bucks County (Eastern Lower)143,923York County (North)--Weigelstown143,741Philadelphia City (Upper North)143,058Lancaster County (Southwest)--Columbia Borough142,615Bucks County (Southern Central)142,499Luzerne County (South Central)--Wilkes-Barre & Hazleton Cities140,835Montgomery County (Northeastern Lower)--Willow Grove & Horsham140,748Philadelphia City (West and West Park)140,656Beaver County (South)139,407Carbon & Lehigh (North) Counties137,590Philadelphia City (South and Lower South)137,155Franklin County (Outside Washington Township & Waynesboro Borough)136,100Bucks County (Western Lower)136,063Chester County (East Central)--West Chester Borough135,983Venango, Jefferson, Clarion & Forest Counties135,592Somerset, Bedford & Fulton Counties134,479Washington County (North)--Washington City133,470Berks County (Northwest)--Wyomissing Borough132,870Philadelphia City (Far Northeast)132,128Lackawanna (Outside Greater Scranton City) & Wyoming Counties131,578Adams & Franklin (Southeast) Counties131,095Luzerne County (East)--Kingston Borough130,831Cambria County129,910Lancaster County--Lancaster City, East Lampeter, Lancaster & West Lampeter Townships129,132Montgomery County (Eastern Lower)129,043Allegheny County (South Central)--Baldwin & Whitehall Boroughs128,529Allentown City127,050Columbia & Luzerne (West) Counties--Bloomsburg Town & Berwick Borough126,216Allegheny County (North Central)125,618Fayette County124,330Philadelphia City (North)123,343Westmoreland County (West)--Greensburg City123,084Montgomery County (Western Upper)--Pottstown Borough121,388Allegheny County (South)--Bethel Park Municipality & Jefferson Hills Borough121,137Crawford & Warren Counties119,635Bucks County (Northern Central)118,972Westmoreland County (East & South)118,530Philadelphia City (University-Southwest and Lower Southwest)118,442Lancaster County (Northwest)--Elizabethtown Borough117,996Erie County (Outer)116,987Montgomery County (Eastern Upper)115,466Dauphin County (Outer)--Hershey115,430Pittsburgh City (South)115,092Pike & Wayne Counties113,304Montgomery County (Southern Lower)--King of Prussia112,543Allegheny County (West)112,496Lackawanna County--Scranton City, Dunmore, Old Forge, Taylor & Moosic Boroughs111,149Chester County (West Central)--Coatesville City110,346Washington (South) & Greene Counties110,314Lawrence & Beaver (North) Counties--New Castle City110,132Chester County (South)109,371Westmoreland County (Northwest)--Murrysville Municipality & New Kensington City109,270Northumberland & Montour Counties108,202Bucks County (Upper)107,914Mercer County107,884Delaware County (West)107,347Allegheny County (Southeast)--West Mifflin Borough, McKeesport City & Munhall Borough105,289Montgomery County (Northern Central)--Lansdale Borough104,880Chester County (West)--Phoenixville Borough104,034Chester County (North)102,046Philadelphia City (North Delaware)92,733
Pennsylvania Census data — FAQ
What is the population of Pennsylvania?+
According to the 2024 American Community Survey (ACS), Pennsylvania has a population of 13,078,751 people, represented across 95 PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas).
What is the median household income in Pennsylvania?+
The median household income in Pennsylvania is $77,667 based on the 2024 ACS PUMS, compared with a U.S. figure of $83,310.
How educated is Pennsylvania?+
36.3% of Pennsylvania residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher, versus 36.9% nationally, per the 2024 ACS.
Where does this Pennsylvania data come from?+
These figures are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) — a de-identified, statistically weighted sample of individual records. PUMSdata is an independent product and is not affiliated with the Census Bureau.
New — housing construction: Building permits in Pennsylvania — monthly residential permits for every county, metro area, and city, single-family vs. multifamily, from the Census Building Permits Survey.