McKeesport, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 22,130 (All urban)

McKeesport, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,119 (9,650 occupied: 5,788 owner occupied, 3,862 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	40%
State:	29%

Housing density: 2223 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this county: $103,154.

Median contract rent in 2007: $375 (lower quartile is $247, upper quartile is $467)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $427

Median gross rent in McKeesport, PA in 2007: $479

Housing units in McKeesport with a mortgage: 2,740 (401 second mortgage, 414 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,677

McKeesport,PA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $51,517 (it was $37,800 in 2000)

McKeesport:	$51,517
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $33,640 - $76,475

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $62,228
Here: $62,228
State: $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $60,782
Here: $60,782
State: $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $62,587
Here: $62,587
State: $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $138,930
Here: $138,930
State: $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $77,679
Here: $77,679
State: $211,072

Mobile homes: $43,295
Here: $43,295
State: $35,442

Household type by relationship

Households: 22,705

In family households: 18,478 (3,553 male householders, 2,361 female householders)
3,369 spouses, 7,325 children (6,738 natural, 242 adopted, 345 stepchildren), 624 grandchildren, 192 brothers or sisters, 210 parents, 309 other relatives, 535 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,227 (1,482 male householders (1,271 living alone)), 2,238 female householders (2,022 living alone)), 507 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,316 (765 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,557 2-persons, 1,491 3-persons, 1,020 4-persons, 516 5-persons, 238 6-persons, 92 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,293 1-person, 367 2-persons, 43 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

2,444 married couples with children.
2,822 single-parent households (380 men, 2,442 women).

94.3% of residents of McKeesport speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 51% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 425 (1.8%)
(74.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in McKeesport, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 58 4 rooms: 505 5 rooms: 1,658 6 rooms: 2,043 7 rooms: 812 8 rooms: 434 9 or more rooms: 278

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in McKeesport, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 102 2 rooms: 144 3 rooms: 829 4 rooms: 1,114 5 rooms: 820 6 rooms: 509 7 rooms: 201 8 rooms: 113 9 or more rooms: 30

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 0
1995 to 1998: 66
1990 to 1994: 7
1980 to 1989: 160
1970 to 1979: 622
1960 to 1969: 1,061
1950 to 1959: 1,732
1940 to 1949: 2,002
1939 or earlier: 5,469

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in McKeesport:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 136 2 bedrooms: 2,058 3 bedrooms: 2,922 4 bedrooms: 504 5 or more bedrooms: 168

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in McKeesport:
	no bedroom: 136 1 bedroom: 1,097 2 bedrooms: 1,595 3 bedrooms: 842 4 bedrooms: 131 5 or more bedrooms: 61

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in McKeesport in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 791 1 vehicle: 2,555 2 vehicles: 1,818 3 vehicles: 492 4 vehicles: 93 5 or more vehicles: 39

Cars and other vehicles available in McKeesport in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,054 1 vehicle: 1,301 2 vehicles: 447 3 vehicles: 33 4 vehicles: 16 5 or more vehicles: 11

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in McKeesport, PA:

Less than $10,000: 151
$10,000 to $14,999: 99
$15,000 to $19,999: 162
$20,000 to $24,999: 301
$25,000 to $29,999: 312
$30,000 to $34,999: 321
$35,000 to $39,999: 374
$40,000 to $49,999: 774
$50,000 to $59,999: 783
$60,000 to $69,999: 501
$70,000 to $79,999: 382
$80,000 to $89,999: 379
$90,000 to $99,999: 263
$100,000 to $124,999: 295
$125,000 to $149,999: 85
$150,000 to $174,999: 57
$175,000 to $199,999: 24
$200,000 to $249,999: 53
$250,000 to $299,999: 0
$300,000 to $399,999: 0
$400,000 to $499,999: 4
$500,000 to $749,999: 2
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 6

McKeesport rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in McKeesport:

Less than $100: 217 people
$100 to $149: 146
$150 to $199: 216
$200 to $249: 314
$250 to $299: 340
$300 to $349: 303
$350 to $399: 339
$400 to $449: 411
$450 to $499: 463
$500 to $549: 186
$550 to $599: 168
$600 to $649: 125
$650 to $699: 61
$700 to $749: 21
$750 to $799: 16
$800 to $899: 22
$900 to $999: 21
$1,000 to $1,249: 0
$1,250 to $1,499: 0
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 203

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 33 1990 to 1994: 7 1985 to 1989: 67 1980 to 1984: 8 1975 to 1979: 10 1970 to 1974: 11 1970 to 1974: 40 1965 to 1969: 249

McKeesport, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 93.2%
Number of people working at home: 83 (1.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 242
5 to 9 minutes: 979
10 to 14 minutes: 1383
15 to 19 minutes: 1228
20 to 24 minutes: 1186
25 to 29 minutes: 357
30 to 34 minutes: 914
35 to 39 minutes: 145
40 to 44 minutes: 179
45 to 59 minutes: 787
60 to 89 minutes: 574
90 or more minutes: 263

McKeesport mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 5,781 (69%)
Carpooled: 1,151 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 690 (8%)
Taxi: 29 (0%)
Bicycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 556 (7%)
Other means: 23 (0%)
Worked at home: 83 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1921
$10,000 to $14,999: 966
$15,000 to $19,999: 998
$20,000 to $24,999: 1153
$25,000 to $29,999: 690
$30,000 to $34,999: 711
$35,000 to $39,999: 440
$40,000 to $44,999: 569
$45,000 to $49,999: 387
$50,000 to $59,999: 552
$60,000 to $74,999: 666
$75,000 to $99,999: 413
$100,000 to $124,999: 101
$125,000 to $149,999: 13
$150,000 to $199,999: 39
$200,000 or more: 15

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 5783

German: 2538

Italian: 1871

Irish: 1627

Polish: 1321

Slovak: 1068

United States or American: 1029

English: 975

Hungarian: 560

Croatian: 369

Scotch-Irish: 266

Swedish: 235

Scottish: 204

Subsaharan African:: 179

African: 171

Russian: 124

Serbian: 119

Welsh: 101

Greek: 94

Ukrainian: 75

French (except Basque): 75

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 69

Czechoslovakian: 68

Slavic: 67

Haitian: 54

Arab:: 47

British: 39

Czech: 39

Dutch: 36

Carpatho Rusyn: 34

Romanian: 25

Syrian: 21

Slovene: 20

Portuguese: 17

Iraqi: 16

Pennsylvania German: 14

European: 10

Lebanese: 10

Jamaican: 9

Swiss: 9

French Canadian: 8

Danish: 8

Nigerian: 8

Austrian: 7

Turkish: 7

Scandinavian: 7

Brazilian: 6

Acadian/Cajun: 6

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6

Norwegian: 5

Lithuanian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Italy (22%)
United Kingdom (12%)
Yugoslavia (8%)
Greece (7%)
Japan (5%)
Germany (5%)
Haiti (5%)

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

This state: 21387
Northeast: 318
Midwest: 376
South: 1102
West: 255

66% of McKeesport residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 68
Nursery to 4th grade: 25
5th and 6th grade: 69
7th and 8th grade: 226
9th grade: 212
10th grade: 323
11th grade: 143
12th grade, no diploma: 344
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,111
Less than 1 year of college: 443
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 741
Associate degree: 432
Bachelor's degree: 504
Master's degree: 99
Professional school degree: 85
Doctorate degree: 21

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 129
Nursery to 4th grade: 47
5th and 6th grade: 138
7th and 8th grade: 368
9th grade: 318
10th grade: 516
11th grade: 270
12th grade, no diploma: 387
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,955
Less than 1 year of college: 636
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 824
Associate degree: 584
Bachelor's degree: 720
Master's degree: 181
Professional school degree: 65
Doctorate degree: 9

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 10.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 8.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 20.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 22.8%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 30.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 25.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 18.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 22.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 34.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $33,258
Black householders: $19,182
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $20,281
Asian householders: $18,203
Some other race householders: $51,739
Two or more races householders: $9,372
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,578

McKeesport household income for White non-Hispanic householders

McKeesport household income for Black householders

McKeesport household income for Asian householders

McKeesport household income for Some other race householders

McKeesport household income for Two or more races householders

McKeesport household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

McKeesport marital status for males

McKeesport marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $51,516
Black or African American householders: $50,835
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $61,329
Asian householders: $23,850
Some other race householders: $57,922
Two or more races householders: $51,107
Hispanic or Latino householders: $88,586

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,541
One, attached: 442
Two: 851
3 or 4: 597
5 to 9: 517
10 to 19: 477
20 to 49: 197
50 or more: 475
Mobile homes: 22

Median worth of mobile homes: $53,976

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in McKeesport:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (97%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Electricity (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (88%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (2%) No fuel used (1%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 224

Here:	7.9%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93

Here:	7.1%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 118

Here:	14.5%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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