2022 population: 40,873
( 1,456 from 2010
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Land area: 19.1 square miles
Population density: 2135.7 persons per square mile
2022 Census data | |||
White: | 22,412 | 54.83% | ![]() |
Black: | 15,124 | 37.00% | ![]() |
Indian: | 40 | 0.10% | ![]() |
Asian: | 200 | 0.49% | ![]() |
2+ races: | 2,149 | 5.26% | ![]() |
Hispanic: | 549 | 1.34% | ![]() |
Total non-White: | 18,461 | 45.17% | ![]() |
2010-2022 Components | Number | Rate ![]() |
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Change in White population: | -3,339 | -9.6 |
Change in Non-White pop.: | 1,883 | 5.4 |
Age, Family & Household Data for Penn Hills township, PA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Housing Data | ||
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Number | % | |
Housing Units | 20,300 | |
Median Value | $115,600 | |
Occupied | 18,520 | 91.2% |
Vacant | 1,780 | 8.8% |
Owned | 13,454 | 72.6% |
Rented | 5,066 | 27.4% |
Median Rent | $1,000 | |
Single-Family Units | 17,260 | 85.0% |
Detached | 16,324 | 80.4% |
Attached | 936 | 4.6% |
Buldings with 5+ Units | 2,304 | 11.3% |
Mobile Homes | 30 | 0.1% |
Household Income | ||
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Range | Number | % |
Less than $10,000 | 1,291 | 7.0% |
$10,000 to $14,999 | 728 | 3.9% |
$15,000 to $19,999 | 586 | 3.2% |
$20,000 to $24,999 | 756 | 4.1% |
$25,000 to $29,999 | 964 | 5.2% |
$30,000 to $34,999 | 516 | 2.8% |
$35,000 to $39,999 | 933 | 5.0% |
$40,000 to $44,999 | 913 | 4.9% |
$45,000 to $49,999 | 863 | 4.7% |
$50,000 to $59,999 | 1,847 | 10.0% |
$60,000 to $74,999 | 2,194 | 11.8% |
$75,000 to $99,999 | 2,926 | 15.8% |
$100,000 to $124,999 | 1,629 | 8.8% |
$125,000 to $149,999 | 880 | 4.8% |
$150,000 to $199,999 | 937 | 5.1% |
$200,000 or more | 557 | 3.0% |
Median Household Income | 59,578 | |
Per Capita Income | 33,941 |
Welfare Households | ||
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Number | % | |
SSI | 1,365 | 7.4% |
Public Assistance | 638 | 3.4% |
Public Asst. or Food Stamps | 2,961 | 16.0% |
Labor Force, Ages 25-64 | ||
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Number | % | |
Employed | 18,524 | 76.3% |
Unemployed | 1,238 | 5.1% |
In Armed Forces | 9 | 0.0% |
Total Labor Force | 19,771 | 81.4% |
Not in Labor Force | 4,507 | 18.6% |
Real Unemployment Rate | 23.7% |
Class of Worker | |||
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Male | Female | % Male | |
Private Sector | 6,737 | 6,594 | 50.5% |
Non-Profit | 1,226 | 2,322 | 34.6% |
Self-Employed | 759 | 272 | 73.6% |
Local Government | 837 | 804 | 51.0% |
State Government | 259 | 218 | 54.3% |
Federal Government | 446 | 228 | 66.2% |
Total Private + Self | 7,496 | 6,866 | 52.2% |
Total Non-Profit + Govt. | 2,768 | 3,572 | 43.7% |
Total | 10,264 | 10,438 | 49.6% |
Pct. Govt. | 13.5% |
Occupation | ||
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Number | % | |
Management, Business, Science, Arts | 2,899 | 14.0% |
Sales and Office Occupations | 4,682 | 22.6% |
Professional, Technical | 5,028 | 24.3% |
Service Occupations | 4,434 | 21.4% |
Farming, Forestry, Fishing | 29 | 0.1% |
All others | 3,659 | 17.7% |
White Collar | 60.9% |
Industry | ||
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Number | % | |
Health care and social assistance | 3,847 | 18.6% |
Retail trade | 2,907 | 14.0% |
Manufacturing | 1,630 | 7.9% |
Educational services | 1,526 | 7.4% |
Finance and insurance | 1,522 | 7.4% |
Accommodation and food services | 1,399 | 6.8% |
Public administration | 1,258 | 6.1% |
Transportation and warehousing | 1,186 | 5.7% |
Other services | 1,139 | 5.5% |
Professional, scientific, technical | 1,000 | 4.8% |
Construction | 989 | 4.8% |
Administrative, support, waste mgmt. | 864 | 4.2% |
Real estate and rental and leasing | 396 | 1.9% |
Arts, entertainment, recreation | 304 | 1.5% |
Utilities | 248 | 1.2% |
Wholesale trade | 199 | 1.0% |
Information | 143 | 0.7% |
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction | 101 | 0.5% |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting | 29 | 0.1% |
Management | 15 | 0.1% |
Hispanic Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Mexican | 336 | 0.82% |
Puerto Rican | 87 | 0.21% |
Cuban | 7 | 0.02% |
Dominican | 12 | 0.03% |
Total Central American | 14 | 0.03% |
Costa Rican | 14 | 0.03% |
Guatemalan | 0 | 0.00% |
Honduran | 0 | 0.00% |
Nicaraguan | 0 | 0.00% |
Panamanian | 0 | 0.00% |
Salvadoran | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Central American | 0 | 0.00% |
Total South American | 50 | 0.12% |
Argentinean | 0 | 0.00% |
Bolivian | 0 | 0.00% |
Chilean | 0 | 0.00% |
Colombian | 28 | 0.07% |
Ecuadorian | 9 | 0.02% |
Paraguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Peruvian | 13 | 0.03% |
Uruguayan | 0 | 0.00% |
Venezuelan | 0 | 0.00% |
Other South American | 0 | 0.00% |
Other Hispanic | 43 | 0.11% |
Asian Breakdown | ||
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Country | Number | % |
Indian | 56 | 0.14% |
Vietnamese | 35 | 0.09% |
Chinese | 20 | 0.05% |
Laotian | 16 | 0.04% |
Filipino | 16 | 0.04% |
Language Spoken at Home | ||
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Language | Number | % |
English | 37,764 | 97.3% |
Other Indo-European | 342 | 0.9% |
Spanish | 261 | 0.7% |
Other | 164 | 0.4% |
Russian, Polish, other Slavic | 117 | 0.3% |
Arabic | 57 | 0.1% |
German, other Germanic | 43 | 0.1% |
French, Haitian, Cajun | 26 | 0.1% |
Vietnamese | 21 | 0.1% |
Ancestry | ||
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Country | Number | % |
German | 7,549 | 18.5% |
Italian | 5,350 | 13.1% |
Irish | 4,559 | 11.2% |
English | 2,914 | 7.1% |
Polish | 2,578 | 6.3% |
Slovak | 988 | 2.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 763 | 1.9% |
American | 710 | 1.7% |
African | 645 | 1.6% |
Dutch | 569 | 1.4% |
Scottish | 423 | 1.0% |
Jamaican | 409 | 1.0% |
Hungarian | 355 | 0.9% |
Swedish | 287 | 0.7% |
French | 264 | 0.6% |
Citizenship & Nativity | ||
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Number | % | |
U.S. citizen | 40,554 | 99.2% |
Not a citizen | 319 | 0.8% |
Native | 39,784 | 97.3% |
Foreign-born | 1,089 | 2.7% |
Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older | |||||||||||
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< 9 Years | 9-12 Years | H.S. Grad or GED | Some College | Bach. Degree | Grad Degree | ||||||
405 | 1.3% | 1,227 | 4.1% | 9,689 | 32.1% | 9,636 | 31.9% | 5,919 | 19.6% | 3,304 | 10.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Population 25 Years and Older | ||
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< 9 Years | 405 | 1.3% |
9-12 Years | 1,227 | 4.1% |
H.S. Grad or GED | 9,689 | 32.1% |
Some College | 9,636 | 31.9% |
Bach. Degree | 5,919 | 19.6% |
Grad Degree | 3,304 | 10.9% |
Average years of education: 13.8 |
Recent Trends | ||||
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Votes | Δ Margin | Swing % | ||
2020 vs. 2016 | R +87 | D +1,677 | D + 4.1% | |
D +1,764 | ||||
2020 vs. 2012 | R -195 | D +1,828 | D + 5.5% | |
D +1,633 | ||||
2020 vs. 2008 | R -1,279 | D +2,754 | D + 11.4% | |
D +1,475 | ||||
2016 vs. 2008 | R -1,366 | D +1,077 | D + 7.2% | |
D -289 | ||||
How to interpret this table |
Year | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff (St) ![]() | Diff (US) ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2020 | 72% | Joe Biden (D) | 16,774 | 69.8% | Donald Trump* (R) | 6,885 | 28.7% | 361 | 1.5% | 24,020 | -20 | -18 | 0.35% |
2016 | 68% | Hillary Clinton (D) | 15,010 | 66.3% | Donald Trump (R) | 6,798 | 30.0% | 830 | 3.7% | 22,638 | -18 | -16 | 0.37% |
2012 | 66% | Barack Obama* (D) | 15,141 | 67.3% | Mitt Romney (R) | 7,080 | 31.5% | 276 | 1.2% | 22,497 | -15 | -16 | 0.39% |
2008 | 69% | Barack Obama (D) | 15,299 | 64.5% | John McCain (R) | 8,164 | 34.4% | 243 | 1.0% | 23,706 | -10 | -11 | 0.39% |
2004 | 66% | John Kerry (D) | 14,277 | 60.5% | George W. Bush* (R) | 9,140 | 38.7% | 175 | 0.7% | 23,592 | -10 | -12 | 0.41% |
2000 | 59% | Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 12,756 | 58.8% | George W. Bush (R) | 8,379 | 38.6% | 554 | 2.6% | 21,689 | -8 | -9 | 0.44% |
2020 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Joe Biden (D) | 16,774 | 69.8% | |||||||||
Donald Trump* (R) | 6,885 | 28.7% | |||||||||
Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) | 255 | 1.1% | |||||||||
Other | 106 | 0.4% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 24,020 | ||||||||||
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2016 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Hillary Clinton (D) | 15,010 | 66.3% | |||||||||
Donald Trump (R) | 6,798 | 30.0% | |||||||||
Gary Johnson (Lbt) | 407 | 1.8% | |||||||||
Other | 423 | 1.9% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 22,638 | ||||||||||
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2012 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama* (D) | 15,141 | 67.3% | |||||||||
Mitt Romney (R) | 7,080 | 31.5% | |||||||||
Other | 276 | 1.2% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 22,497 | ||||||||||
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2008 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
Barack Obama (D) | 15,299 | 64.5% | |||||||||
John McCain (R) | 8,164 | 34.4% | |||||||||
Other | 243 | 1.0% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 23,706 | ||||||||||
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2004 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush* (R) | 9,140 | 38.7% | |||||||||
John Kerry (D) | 14,277 | 60.5% | |||||||||
Other | 175 | 0.7% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 23,592 | ||||||||||
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2000 President, Penn Hills township | |||||||||||
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Candidate | Votes | Pct | |||||||||
George W. Bush (R) | 8,379 | 38.6% | |||||||||
Albert Gore, Jr. (D) | 12,756 | 58.8% | |||||||||
Ralph Nader (Grn) | 327 | 1.5% | |||||||||
Other | 227 | 1.0% | |||||||||
TOTAL | 21,689 | ||||||||||
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Year | Type | Turnout ![]() | Winner | Runner-Up | Other | Total Votes | Diff ![]() | PSV | |||||
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2022 | S3 | 55% | John Fetterman (D) | 13,613 | 74.4% | Mehmet Oz (R) | 4,390 | 24.0% | 302 [+] | 1.6% | 18,305 | -22 | 0.34% |
2022 | G | 55% | Josh Shapiro (D) | 14,110 | 77.2% | Doug Mastriano (R) | 3,853 | 21.1% | 322 [+] | 1.8% | 18,285 | -21 | 0.34% |
2018 | S1 | 55% | Bob Casey, Jr.* (D) | 13,737 | 74.9% | Lou Barletta (R) | 4,358 | 23.8% | 247 [+] | 1.3% | 18,342 | -19 | 0.37% |
2018 | G | 55% | Tom Wolf* (D) | 13,934 | 76.0% | Scott Wagner (R) | 4,196 | 22.9% | 196 [+] | 1.1% | 18,326 | -18 | 0.37% |
2016 | S3 | 67% | Katie McGinty (D) | 14,853 | 66.6% | Pat Toomey* (R) | 6,493 | 29.1% | 963 [+] | 4.3% | 22,309 | -20 | 0.37% |
2014 | G | 37% | Tom Wolf (D) | 8,437 | 68.2% | Tom Corbett* (R) | 3,943 | 31.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 12,380 | -13 | 0.35% |