Wilkinsburg, PA (Pennsylvania) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 17,522 (All urban)

Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 10,696 (9,138 occupied: 3,792 owner occupied, 5,346 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	59%
State:	29%

Housing density: 4644 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: $511 (lower quartile is $417, upper quartile is $613)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $472

Median gross rent in Wilkinsburg, PA in 2007: $604

Housing units in Wilkinsburg with a mortgage: 2,237 (130 second mortgage, 338 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,131

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $72,641 (it was $53,300 in 2000)

Wilkinsburg:	$72,641
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $50,262 - $102,898

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $83,836
Here: $83,836
State: $224,371

Townhouses or other attached units: $92,483
Here: $92,483
State: $160,289

In 2-unit structures: $85,466
Here: $85,466
State: $153,822

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $164,714
Here: $164,714
State: $204,155

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $73,069
Here: $73,069
State: $211,072

Household type by relationship

Households: 18,826

In family households: 13,611 (2,127 male householders, 2,396 female householders)
2,299 spouses, 5,194 children (4,767 natural, 223 adopted, 204 stepchildren), 538 grandchildren, 253 brothers or sisters, 149 parents, 271 other relatives, 384 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 5,215 (1,994 male householders (1,715 living alone)), 2,594 female householders (2,361 living alone)), 627 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 370 (224 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,160 2-persons, 1,164 3-persons, 674 4-persons, 314 5-persons, 129 6-persons, 82 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,076 1-person, 465 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 21 5-persons.

1,433 married couples with children.
2,317 single-parent households (278 men, 2,039 women).

94.2% of residents of Wilkinsburg speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 36% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 542 (2.8%)
(43.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 10 3 rooms: 48 4 rooms: 210 5 rooms: 646 6 rooms: 1,430 7 rooms: 599 8 rooms: 425 9 or more rooms: 424

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 158 2 rooms: 372 3 rooms: 1,415 4 rooms: 1,448 5 rooms: 979 6 rooms: 552 7 rooms: 210 8 rooms: 131 9 or more rooms: 81

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 25
1995 to 1998: 23
1990 to 1994: 65
1980 to 1989: 565
1970 to 1979: 942
1960 to 1969: 1,271
1950 to 1959: 1,934
1940 to 1949: 1,647
1939 or earlier: 4,224

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wilkinsburg:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 113 2 bedrooms: 968 3 bedrooms: 1,977 4 bedrooms: 433 5 or more bedrooms: 301

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wilkinsburg:
	no bedroom: 188 1 bedroom: 2,228 2 bedrooms: 2,078 3 bedrooms: 588 4 bedrooms: 174 5 or more bedrooms: 90

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Wilkinsburg in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 459 1 vehicle: 1,932 2 vehicles: 1,154 3 vehicles: 178 4 vehicles: 52 5 or more vehicles: 17

Cars and other vehicles available in Wilkinsburg in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 2,172 1 vehicle: 2,548 2 vehicles: 579 3 vehicles: 28 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 19

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

Less than $10,000: 42
$10,000 to $14,999: 25
$15,000 to $19,999: 35
$20,000 to $24,999: 53
$25,000 to $29,999: 78
$30,000 to $34,999: 96
$35,000 to $39,999: 94
$40,000 to $49,999: 373
$50,000 to $59,999: 402
$60,000 to $69,999: 415
$70,000 to $79,999: 455
$80,000 to $89,999: 289
$90,000 to $99,999: 219
$100,000 to $124,999: 424
$125,000 to $149,999: 195
$150,000 to $174,999: 112
$175,000 to $199,999: 92
$200,000 to $249,999: 45
$250,000 to $299,999: 4
$300,000 to $399,999: 11
$400,000 to $499,999: 1
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Wilkinsburg rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Wilkinsburg:

Less than $100: 124 people
$100 to $149: 74
$150 to $199: 99
$200 to $249: 146
$250 to $299: 147
$300 to $349: 174
$350 to $399: 356
$400 to $449: 562
$450 to $499: 574
$500 to $549: 554
$550 to $599: 516
$600 to $649: 415
$650 to $699: 277
$700 to $749: 153
$750 to $799: 161
$800 to $899: 183
$900 to $999: 156
$1,000 to $1,249: 107
$1,250 to $1,499: 0
$1,500 to $1,999: 0
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 112

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 99 1990 to 1994: 97 1985 to 1989: 62 1980 to 1984: 32 1975 to 1979: 53 1970 to 1974: 34 1970 to 1974: 8 1965 to 1969: 157

Wilkinsburg, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 95.5%
Number of people working at home: 132 (1.6% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 35
5 to 9 minutes: 361
10 to 14 minutes: 701
15 to 19 minutes: 1398
20 to 24 minutes: 1614
25 to 29 minutes: 598
30 to 34 minutes: 1430
35 to 39 minutes: 288
40 to 44 minutes: 284
45 to 59 minutes: 636
60 to 89 minutes: 473
90 or more minutes: 265

Wilkinsburg mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 4,559 (55%)
Carpooled: 891 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,247 (27%)
Ferryboat: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 23 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 24 (0%)
Walked: 322 (4%)
Worked at home: 132 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1487
$10,000 to $14,999: 893
$15,000 to $19,999: 992
$20,000 to $24,999: 915
$25,000 to $29,999: 772
$30,000 to $34,999: 618
$35,000 to $39,999: 625
$40,000 to $44,999: 453
$45,000 to $49,999: 497
$50,000 to $59,999: 534
$60,000 to $74,999: 530
$75,000 to $99,999: 445
$100,000 to $124,999: 178
$125,000 to $149,999: 89
$150,000 to $199,999: 30
$200,000 or more: 53

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 10906

German: 1016

Italian: 815

Irish: 670

Subsaharan African:: 537

English: 474

African: 473

United States or American: 345

Polish: 205

Scotch-Irish: 163

Slovak: 129

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 114

Hungarian: 97

Scottish: 86

Lithuanian: 81

Jamaican: 70

Greek: 69

Russian: 69

French (except Basque): 66

Arab:: 62

Welsh: 53

Czechoslovakian: 44

Croatian: 41

Eastern European: 40

Moroccan: 33

European: 33

Nigerian: 24

Egyptian: 21

Ukrainian: 21

Norwegian: 20

Dutch: 20

Slavic: 19

U.S. Virgin Islander: 18

Kenyan: 17

Liberian: 13

Danish: 13

British: 13

Slovene: 13

Pennsylvania German: 11

West Indian: 11

Ghanian: 10

Austrian: 10

Latvian: 9

Swedish: 9

Belgian: 9

Serbian: 9

Iranian: 9

Other Arab: 8

Portuguese: 6

Czech: 5

French Canadian: 5

British West Indian: 5

Haitian: 5

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 5

Canadian: 4

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

Italy (13%)
Jamaica (9%)
Korea (8%)
India (8%)
Indonesia (7%)
Germany (6%)
Other Eastern Africa (6%)

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

This state: 15367
Northeast: 563
Midwest: 559
South: 1843
West: 209

54% of Wilkinsburg residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 86% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 39
Nursery to 4th grade: 35
5th and 6th grade: 33
7th and 8th grade: 79
9th grade: 91
10th grade: 148
11th grade: 222
12th grade, no diploma: 232
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,700
Less than 1 year of college: 352
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 821
Associate degree: 397
Bachelor's degree: 839
Master's degree: 279
Professional school degree: 170
Doctorate degree: 86

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 32
Nursery to 4th grade: 18
5th and 6th grade: 61
7th and 8th grade: 133
9th grade: 177
10th grade: 282
11th grade: 143
12th grade, no diploma: 430
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,463
Less than 1 year of college: 608
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 938
Associate degree: 819
Bachelor's degree: 968
Master's degree: 445
Professional school degree: 94
Doctorate degree: 78

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 10.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.5%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

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

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $37,803
Black householders: $27,230
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $8,485
Asian householders: $93,275
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $23,415
Some other race householders: $23,721
Two or more races householders: $27,913
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $24,795

Wilkinsburg household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Wilkinsburg household income for Black householders

Wilkinsburg household income for Asian householders

Wilkinsburg household income for Some other race householders

Wilkinsburg household income for Two or more races householders

Wilkinsburg household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Wilkinsburg marital status for males

Wilkinsburg marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $80,682
Black or African American householders: $68,280
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $30,664
Asian householders: $72,641
Some other race householders: $111,074
Two or more races householders: $63,101
Hispanic or Latino householders: $143,646

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,301
One, attached: 1,002
Two: 1,205
3 or 4: 1,183
5 to 9: 1,156
10 to 19: 633
20 to 49: 364
50 or more: 852

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Wilkinsburg:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (96%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (78%) Electricity (19%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) No fuel used (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 503

Here:	22.7%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 67

Here:	7.2%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 205

Here:	25.4%
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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