Clairton, PA

Census Place

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2020 Population

6,574

0.68% 1-year decline

US Senator

Bob Casey Jr.

Democratic Party

US Senator

John Fetterman

Democratic Party

2020 Median Age

39.1

4.63% 1-year decrease

2020 Poverty Rate

21.1%

6.01% 1-year decrease

2020 Median Household Income

$36,830

1.21% 1-year decline

2020 Median Property Value

$46,500

7.64% 1-year growth

About

In 2020, Clairton, PA had a population of 6.57k people with a median age of 39.1 and a median household income of $36,830. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Clairton, PA declined from 6,619 to 6,574, a −0.68% decrease and its median household income declined from $37,282 to $36,830, a −1.21% decrease.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Clairton, PA are White (Non-Hispanic) (54.8%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (42%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (1.63%), White (Hispanic) (0.578%), and Black or African American (Hispanic) (0.395%).

None of the households in Clairton, PA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99% of the residents in Clairton, PA are U.S. citizens.

In 2020, the median property value in Clairton, PA was $46,500, and the homeownership rate was 53.7%.

Most people in Clairton, PA drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 31.1 minutes. The average car ownership in Clairton, PA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Clairton, PA is home to a population of 6.57k people, from which 99% are citizens. As of 2020, 3.56% of Clairton, PA residents were born outside of the country (234 people).

In 2020, there were 1.31 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.6k people) in Clairton, PA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 2.76k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 107 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99%

2020 Citizenship

99.1%

2019 Citizenship

As of 2020, 99% of Clairton, PA residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.4%. In 2019, the percentage of US citizens in Clairton, PA was 99.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Clairton, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Clairton, PA

White (Non-Hispanic)
3.6k ± 373
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
2.76k ± 405
Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
107 ± 83.4

1.58%

Hispanic Population

104 people

1.58% of the people in Clairton, PA are hispanic (104 people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in Clairton, PA as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

3.56%

2020 Foreign-Born Population

234 people

2.49%

2019 Foreign-Born Population

165 people

As of 2020, 3.56% of Clairton, PA residents (234 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.5%. In 2019, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Clairton, PA was 2.49%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Clairton, PA compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
213 ± 99
Korea
133 ± 86
World War II
46 ± 37

Clairton, PA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.6 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of Clairton, PA employs 2.73k people. The largest industries in Clairton, PA are Health Care & Social Assistance (683 people), Retail Trade (340 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (189 people), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($72,614), Finance & Insurance ($57,526), and Manufacturing ($54,205).

Employment

Occupations

2.73k

2020 Value

± 355

−2.18%

1 Year decline

± 18.1%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Clairton, PA declined at a rate of −2.18%, from 2.79k employees to 2.73k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Clairton, PA, are Healthcare Support Occupations (465 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (387 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (245 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Clairton, PA.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Pennsylvania (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.73k

2020 Value

± 355

−2.18%

1 Year decline

± 18.1%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Clairton, PA declined at a rate of −2.18%, from 2.79k employees to 2.73k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Clairton, PA, are Health Care & Social Assistance (683 people), Retail Trade (340 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (189 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Clairton, PA, though some of these residents may live in Clairton, PA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,764

Median earning men ± $8,681

$29,091

Median earning women ± $5,291

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2020 are Manufacturing ($55,694), Public Administration ($51,250), and Wholesale Trade ($43,125).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2020 are Public Administration ($43,514), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($38,194), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($31,250).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

Y-Axis

2.75%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 155M people employed in Pennsylvania. This represents a 2.75% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Pennsylvania.

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Domestic Trade

Domestic Production & Consumption

Domestic production and consumption consists of products and services shipped from Pennsylvania to other states, or from other states to Pennsylvania.

Top Domestic Production in Dollars

In 2020, the top outbound Pennsylvania product (by dollars) was Pharmaceuticals with $110B, followed by Mixed freight ($76.1B) and Electronics ($43.9B).

The following chart shows the share of these products in relation to all outbound Pennsylvania products.

Domestic Trade Growth

Showing data for Pennsylvania.

$722B

2020 Value in Pennsylvania

$1.46T

Projected 2050 Value in Pennsylvania

103% growth

In 2020, total outbound Pennsylvania trade was $722B. This is expected to increase 103% to $1.46T by 2050.

The following chart shows how the domestic outbound Pennsylvania trade is projected to change in comparison to its neighboring states.

Interstate Trade

Interstate trade consists of products and services shipped from Pennsylvania to other states, or from other states to Pennsylvania.

Most Common Trade Partners

New Jersey
$73.7B
New York
$72.6B
Ohio
$36B

In 2020, the top outbound Pennsylvania domestic partner for goods and services (by dollars) was New Jersey with $73.7B, followed by New York with $72.6B and Ohio and $36B.

The following map shows the amount of trade that Pennsylvania shares with each state (excluding itself).

Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 50% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (48.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.15%).

Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman are the senators currently representing the state of Pennsylvania. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Pennsylvania is currently represented by 17 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Clairton, PA. Showing the available data for Pennsylvania.

2020 Election Results

Joseph R Biden Jr. (50%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (48.8%)
Republican Party
Jo Jorgensen (1.15%)
Libertarian Party

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Pennsylvania went to Joseph R Biden Jr. with 50% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (48.8%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (1.15%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Pennsylvania for each registered party from 1976 to 2020.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Pennsylvania

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

Bob Casey Jr.

Senator from Pennsylvania

Assumed office on January 3, 2007

John Fetterman

Senator from Pennsylvania

Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Bob Casey Jr. and John Fetterman are the senators currently representing Pennsylvania.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Pennsylvania over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is currently represented by 17 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Pennsylvania have changed over time starting in 2008.

Education

Completions

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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Measure

In 2020, 0.658% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.701% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Pennsylvania.

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2020 were High School or Equivalent (3.5M), Bachelors Degree (1.89M), and Some college (1.84M).

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Clairton, PA was $46,500 in 2020, which is 0.202 times smaller than the national average of $229,800. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $43,200 to $46,500, a 7.64% increase. The homeownership rate in Clairton, PA is 53.7%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.4%.

People in Clairton, PA have an average commute time of 31.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Clairton, PA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Median household income in Clairton, PA is $36,830. In 2020, the place with the highest median household income in Clairton, PA was Census Tract 4928 with a value of $39,418, followed by Census Tract 4927 and Census Tract 4929, with respective values of $38,233 and $35,250.

Property

$46,500

Median Property Value 2020

±$5,674

$1,597

Median Property Taxes

±$233

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Clairton, PA the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Clairton, PA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

53.7%

Homeownership

2020

58.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2020

In 2020, 53.7% of the housing units in Clairton, PA were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 57.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Clairton, PA compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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Race/Ethnicity

Highest Median Household Income (Total)

Census Tract 4928
Census Tract 4927
Census Tract 4929

In 2020, the place with the highest Median Household Income (Total) in Clairton, PA was Census Tract 4928 with a value of $39,418, followed by Census Tract 4927 and Census Tract 4929, with respective values of $38,233 and $35,250.

The following map shows all of the places in Clairton, PA colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$36,830

Median Household Income

± $4,899

2.97k

Number of Households

± 375

In 2020, the median household income of the 2.97k households in Clairton, PA declined from $36,830 from the previous year's value of $37,282.

The following chart displays the households in Clairton, PA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Clairton, PA is from Pennsylvania.

0.466

2020 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

0.469

2019 Wage GINI in Pennsylvania

In 2020, the income inequality in Pennsylvania was 0.466 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.614% decline from 2019 to 2020, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Pennsylvania was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pennsylvania in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Pennsylvania across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2020

Drove Alone (71.9%)
Carpooled (15.8%)
Public Transit (8.6%)

In 2020, 71.9% of workers in Clairton, PA drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (15.8%) and those who used public transit to get to work (8.6%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

31.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Clairton, PA have a longer commute time (31.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.9 minutes). Additionally, 2.3% of the workforce in Clairton, PA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Clairton, PA compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Clairton, PA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Clairton, PA have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

21.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Clairton, PA (1.37k out of 6.47k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.8%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Clairton, PA is Black, followed by White and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

90.9% of the population of Clairton, PA has health coverage, with 35.2% on employee plans, 29.2% on Medicaid, 12.4% on Medicare, 12.3% on non-group plans, and 1.84% on military or VA plans.

Per capita personal health care spending in Pennsylvania was $9,258 in 2014. This is a 4.29% increase from the previous year ($8,877).

Primary care physicians in Allegheny County, PA see 887 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.449% decrease from the previous year (891 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1031 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 261 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the country level. Showing data for Allegheny County, PA.

887 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Allegheny County, PA

Primary care physicians in Allegheny County, PA see an average of 887 patients per year. This represents a 0.449% decrease from the previous year (891 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Allegheny County, PA in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2020, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.4% under 18 years, 22.1% between 18 and 34 years, 34.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.7% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.9% were men and 52.1% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

9.1%

Uninsured

35.2%

Employer Coverage

29.2%

Medicaid

12.4%

Medicare

12.3%

Non-Group

1.84%

Military or VA

Between 2019 and 2020, the percent of uninsured citizens in Clairton, PA grew by 43.7% from 6.33% to 9.1%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Clairton, PA changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.