City Population Breakdown by Neighborhood 2000-2010; Predictions for 2010-2020? (Pittsburgh: college, move to)

[SteelCityRising]

Some selected outer suburban/exurban areas:

Hempfield Township (2010): 43,241
Hempfield Township (2020): 41,466

^ What happened here? Aren't there still a lot of new homes being built here?

Cranberry Township (2010): 28,098
Cranberry Township (2020): 33,096

North Huntingdon Township (2010): 30,609
North Huntingdon Township (2020): 31,880

Peters Township (2010): 21,213
Peters Township (2020): 22,946

Murrysville (2010): 20,079
Murrysville (2020): 21,006

North Strabane Township (2010): 13,408
North Strabane Township (2020): 15,700

Adams Township (2010): 11,652
Adams Township (2020): 14,844

Cecil Township (2010): 11,271
Cecil Township (2020): 14,609

Center Township (Beaver) (2010): 11,795
Center Township (Beaver) (2020): 11,648

South Strabane Township (2010): 9,346
South Strabane Township (2020): 9,613

Buffalo Township (Sarver) (2010): 7,307
Buffalo Township (Sarver) (2020): 7,900

Middlesex Township (2010): 5,390
Middlesex Township (2020): 6,820

[bradjl2009]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Whoa!

Had no idea Reading grew so quickly!

Reading (2010): 88,082
Reading (2020): 95,112

Erie (2010): 101,786
Erie (2020): 94,831

Poor Erie. It is in freefall. Is it really that bad of a place? We always enjoy visiting there.

Even Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, and Hazleton all grew. Scranton is now just a smidge larger than Bethlehem, but Bethlehem is growing more quickly.

I think Erie has lost some major employers over the last decade.

Here is a link to population change by state house district. All of Butler County's gain was in the exburbs just north of Allegheny. The rest of the county lost people.

https://twitter.com/GianniHillPA/sta...525483011?s=19

[SteelCityRising]

Originally Posted by bradjl2009

I think Erie has lost some major employers over the last decade.

Here is a link to population change by state house district. All of Butler County's gain was in the exburbs just north of Allegheny. The rest of the county lost people.

https://twitter.com/GianniHillPA/sta...525483011?s=19

Ah, yes, the "tax dodgers".

[Jbraybarten65]

Didn't Erie suffer a big loss from GE this past decade?

[eschaton]

Originally Posted by Jbraybarten65

Didn't Erie suffer a big loss from GE this past decade?

Yeah, the plant is much smaller than it used to be. Around ten years ago there were still around 4,000 production workers in the plant, and it's now down to 800-900.

That said, I doubt many of the workers actually live in Erie these days, since the average production worker makes like $70,000 a year - and you can afford a lot in Erie County at that pay grade. Hell, the plant itself is in Lawrence Park, not the city of Erie.

[Independentthinking83]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

Cuyahoga County (2010): 1,280,122
Cuyahoga County (2020): 1,264,817 (-15,305)

Allegheny County (2010): 1,223,348
Allegheny County (2020): 1,250,578 (+27,230)


Cuyahoga County went from being 56,774 people larger than Allegheny County in 2010 to being 14,239 people larger than Allegheny County in 2020.

At this rate Allegheny County will overtake Cuyahoga County in a few years.

Originally Posted by eschaton

Looking outside the East End:

South Side Flats did better than I expected. It gained 870 people, or 13.2%. Best numeric gain of any neighborhoods I've looked at yet, short of Shadyside and the Strip District. The Slopes lost 96 people however.

Mt. Washington declined by only 89 people (1%)

Central North Side declined by...exactly one person.

The flats were the biggest gainer in 2010 as well.

[eschaton]

From Chris Briem on Twitter:



Amazing demographic transition after only a decade.

He also notes that close to 2/3rds of the county's black population is now outside the city. Another 20 years of this and Pittsburgh will end up whiter than the county as a whole.

[Craziaskowboi]

So, any big news in Pittsburgh these days? Just checking in.

[bradjl2009]

I wonder if that fellow from Weirton who claimed it's so much better off than Allegheny County still checks here.

Hancock County, West Virginia

Population Data
Total population (2020): 29,095
Total population (2010): 30,676
Numeric change (2010–2020): -1,581
Percent change (2010–2020): -5.2

[Higherho]

Originally Posted by eschaton

From Chris Briem on Twitter:



Amazing demographic transition after only a decade.

He also notes that close to 2/3rds of the county's black population is now outside the city. Another 20 years of this and Pittsburgh will end up whiter than the county as a whole.

What’s interesting is Hispanics and Asians grew the same amount to the black people that left (roughly). Minorities are growing, just not the black community as they are going to suburbs. So I would not say it’s going to be “Whiter”.

“Chris Briem, a regional economist with the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Social and Urban Research, wrote on Twitter that the Black-alone population in Pittsburgh shrunk by more than 10,500 in the last decade, but the city’s multi-race population is up by about 10,000. Pittsburgh’s Hispanic population grew by about 4,600, or 67%, and its Asian-alone population increased 47%, Mr. Briem added.“

https://www.post-gazette.com/local/2...s/202108120132