Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 226,17983.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 16,8916.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,9034.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,6563.2%Two or more races
  • 4,5701.7%Asian alone
  • 9960.4%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 4350.2%Some other race alone
  • 980.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $167,195

Here:	$167,195
State:	$255,931

Townhouses or other attached units: $150,373

Here:	$150,373
State:	$201,403

In 2-unit structures: $78,783

Here:	$78,783
State:	$189,304

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $112,738

Here:	$112,738
State:	$200,358

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $162,549

Here:	$162,549
State:	$294,099

Mobile homes: $33,267

Here:	$33,267
State:	$62,605

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $2,670 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $2,266 (1.8%)

Area name: Erie, PA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Erie County is $438 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $565 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $676 a month.

Cities in this county include: Erie, Northwest Harborcreek, Edinboro, Corry, North East, Lawrence Park, Wesleyville, Union City, Girard, Lake City.

2018 air pollution in Erie County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.021 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significantly below U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.00 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.029 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 11.1 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.9 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Norfolk County, Massachusetts .

Current college students: 18,832
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 90.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 8,463 (57.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 4,7882010 or later
• 2,9662000 to 2009
• 2,7141990 to 1999
• 8581980 to 1989
• 8241970 to 1979
• 2,032Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 81,513
• One, attached: 4,832
• Two: 9,485
• 3 or 4: 6,027
• 5 to 9: 5,016
• 10 to 19: 1,501
• 20 to 49: 2,980
• 50 or more: 3,696
• Mobile homes: 6,811

Housing units in Erie County with a mortgage: 41,011 (805 second mortgage, 4,244 home equity loan, 77 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 32,144

Religion statistics for Erie County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Erie County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms and Flooding associated with Tropical Depression Frances, Incident Period: September 08, 2004 to September 09, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1555: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1555, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Tropical Depression
• Pennsylvania Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to February 01, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1093: January 21, 1996, FEMA Id: 1093, Natural disaster type: Flood
• Pennsylvania Severe Snowfall and Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3105: March 16, 1993, FEMA Id: 3105, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Snowfall
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms, High Winds, Tornadoes, Incident Period: May 31, 1985 to June 01, 1985, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-737: June 03, 1985, FEMA Id: 737, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• Pennsylvania Snowstorms, Incident Period: January 29, 1977, Emergency Declared EM-3026: January 29, 1977, FEMA Id: 3026, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm
• Pennsylvania Tropical Storm Agnes, Incident Period: June 23, 1972, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-340: June 23, 1972, FEMA Id: 340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm

2.67% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($44,243 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($304 average AGI)

Erie County:	0.03%
Pennsylvania average:	0.03%

1.10% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($15,922 average AGI)
1.54% relocated from other states ($28,016 average AGI)

Erie County:	1.54%
Pennsylvania average:	1.90%

from Crawford County, PA	0.31% ($34,480 average AGI)
from Allegheny County, PA	0.18% ($38,005)
from Warren County, PA	0.12% ($34,382)
from Chautauqua County, NY	0.09% ($44,787)
from Venango County, PA	0.06% ($39,383)
from Ashtabula County, OH	0.05% ($30,453)
from Butler County, PA	0.05% ($52,235)

3.72% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($45,810 average adjusted gross income)

0.02% of residents moved to foreign countries ($340 average AGI)

Erie County:	0.02%
Pennsylvania average:	0.04%

1.24% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($12,703 average AGI)
2.46% relocated to other states ($32,768 average AGI)

Erie County:	2.46%
Pennsylvania average:	2.27%

to Crawford County, PA	0.33% ($35,586 average AGI)
to Allegheny County, PA	0.28% ($37,764)
to Warren County, PA	0.09% ($29,869)
to Chautauqua County, NY	0.08% ($34,326)
to Cuyahoga County, OH	0.06% ($40,629)
to Ashtabula County, OH	0.06% ($39,314)
to Erie County, NY	0.06% ($47,953)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 11.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.9
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 7.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Erie County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 54,243 (16,554 living alone), Female householders: 55,885 (18,884 living alone)

• 45,379 spouses (45,070 opposite-sex spouses), 9,909 unmarried partners, (9,320 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 71,482 children (65,463 natural, 1,623 adopted, 4,396 stepchildren), 5,183 grandchildren, 1,525 brothers or sisters, 2,498 parents, 159 foster children, 2,159 other relatives, 7,988 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 13,318

Size of family households: 33,101 2-persons, 13,872 3-persons, 10,283 4-persons, 4,980 5-persons, 2,266 6-persons, 1,257 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 35,438 1-person, 7,697 2-persons, 476 3-persons, 533 4-persons, 225 5-persons.

30,263 married couples with children.
19,940 single-parent households (4,108 men, 15,832 women).

92.8% of residents of Erie speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,552,693,000 ($5,499 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $70,167,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $695,387,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $375,349,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,270,000
Federal grants: $302,501,000
Federal procurement contracts: $68,801,000 ($45,901,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $100,386,000 ($7,807,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $10,514,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $87,698,000
Federal Government insurance: $55,079,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-32 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 43.10 millions of gallons per day (11% from ground, 89% from surface)

• Year house built in Erie County, Pennsylvania
• 1,7082014 or later
• 1,8972010 to 2013
• 8,7882000 to 2009
• 10,0071990 to 1999
• 11,0601980 to 1989
• 17,1091970 to 1979
• 12,3761960 to 1969
• 17,7261950 to 1959
• 7,8671940 to 1949
• 33,3231939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Erie County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Erie County, Pennsylvania
• 561 room
• 1632 rooms
• 6883 rooms
• 4,6714 rooms
• 12,2995 rooms
• 19,3376 rooms
• 13,7057 rooms
• 10,6908 rooms
• 11,5469+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Erie County, Pennsylvania
• 1,8071 room
• 1,2932 rooms
• 5,1383 rooms
• 9,4894 rooms
• 8,3855 rooms
• 4,9236 rooms
• 3,1727 rooms
• 1,5978 rooms
• 1,1699+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Erie County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Erie County, Pennsylvania
• 56no bedroom
• 1,1091 bedroom
• 11,9462 bedrooms
• 41,5143 bedrooms
• 15,8814 bedrooms
• 2,6495+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Erie County, Pennsylvania
• 1,847no bedroom
• 7,5361 bedroom
• 15,8852 bedrooms
• 8,8793 bedrooms
• 2,1734 bedrooms
• 6535+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Erie County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Erie County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 2,887no vehicle
• 24,1381 vehicle
• 31,9402 vehicles
• 9,7383 vehicles
• 3,1474 vehicles
• 1,3055+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Erie County in renter-occupied apartments
• 8,701no vehicle
• 19,5501 vehicle
• 7,0702 vehicles
• 8923 vehicles
• 7604 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

85.1% of Erie County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 213,151
• Other state: 42,674
• Northeast: 13,494
• Midwest: 11,867
• South: 14,197
• West: 3,116

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 9,363
• Number of aged recipients: 553
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 8,810
• Number of recipients under 18: 2,300
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 5,894
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,169
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,741
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 4,770

Erie County on our top lists:

• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #10 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #36 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #98 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #99 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations"