# Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania demographics

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Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (county FIPS 42129) has a median household income of $74,109 (±$1,340) and a total population of 352,500 in the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. The figures describe 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not the present. 89 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap the county (Census 2020).

Notes:

- Values are ACS 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not current figures.
- ZCTA-county overlaps come from the Census 2020 relationship file and use 2020 counties, by land area; Connecticut uses its legacy counties, not the planning regions in ACS 2022+.

## ACS 5-year estimates, 2020-2024

Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, with 90% margins of error as published by the Census Bureau.

| Metric | Estimate | Margin of error (90%) | ACS table |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total population | 352,500 | none (controlled estimate) | B01003 |
| Median age | 47.2 years | ±0.2 years | B01002 |
| Households | 154,979 | ±839 | B11001 |
| Median household income (inflation-adjusted to the final ACS year) | $74,109 | ±$1,340 | B19013 |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units | $203,500 | ±$2,976 | B25077 |
| Median gross rent | $879 | ±$20 | B25064 |
| Owner-occupied share of occupied housing units | 78.4% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| Renter-occupied share of occupied housing units | 21.6% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| High school graduate or higher (age 25+) | 95.6% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) | 32.8% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Share of people below the poverty level | 10.3% | none (derived from several estimates) | B17001 (derived) |
| Unemployment rate (civilian labor force) | 4.8% | none (derived from several estimates) | B23025 (derived) |

- Dollar values are in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.
- Percentages' margins of error are in percentage points (pp).

## Geography

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| County FIPS | 42129 |
| Land area | 1,027.71 sq mi |
| Water area | 8.22 sq mi |
| Population density | 343 per sq mi of land |
| Geography vintage | 2024 Gazetteer |

## ZIP codes (ZCTAs) in this county

ZCTAs that overlap the county in the Census 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, largest share of the county's land first.

| ZCTA | Share of county land | Share of ZCTA land | County is the ZCTA's primary county |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [15658](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15658) | 9% | 100% | Yes |
| [15601](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15601) | 7.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [15650](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15650) | 7.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15642](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15642) | 4.4% | 98.1% | Yes |
| [15944](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15944) | 4.1% | 64.1% | Yes |
| [15670](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15670) | 4% | 100% | Yes |
| [15666](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15666) | 3.9% | 76.1% | Yes |
| [15613](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15613) | 3.5% | 61.9% | Yes |
| [15068](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15068) | 3.4% | 78% | Yes |
| [15627](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15627) | 3.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15687](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15687) | 2.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [15632](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15632) | 2.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [15012](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15012) | 2.8% | 84.8% | Yes |
| [15717](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15717) | 2.8% | 30.3% |  |
| [15610](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15610) | 2.6% | 67.3% | Yes |
| [15923](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15923) | 2.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [15677](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15677) | 2.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [15681](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15681) | 2.3% | 45% |  |
| [15668](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15668) | 2.2% | 99.8% | Yes |
| [15644](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15644) | 2.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15679](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15679) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15479](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15479) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15656](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15656) | 1.8% | 57.5% | Yes |
| [15089](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15089) | 1.7% | 98.5% | Yes |
| [15683](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15683) | 1.5% | 81.1% | Yes |
| [15655](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15655) | 1.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15672](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15672) | 1.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15639](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15639) | 1.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15622](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15622) | 1% | 28.3% |  |
| [15085](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15085) | 0.9% | 97.6% | Yes |
| [15618](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15618) | 0.8% | 29.4% |  |
| [15779](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15779) | 0.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [15954](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15954) | 0.8% | 39.6% |  |
| [15531](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15531) | 0.7% | 12.6% |  |
| [15501](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15501) | 0.6% | 4.6% |  |
| [15637](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15637) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [15626](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15626) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [15083](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15083) | 0.3% | 87.5% | Yes |
| [15062](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15062) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [15633](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15633) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [15684](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15684) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15690](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15690) | 0.2% | 9.3% |  |
| [15636](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15636) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15671](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15671) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15612](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15612) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15688](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15688) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15628](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15628) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15697](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15697) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [15662](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15662) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15698](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15698) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15678](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15678) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [16229](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/16229) | 0.1% | 4.9% |  |
| [15616](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15616) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15087](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15087) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15623](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15623) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15676](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15676) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15646](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15646) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15675](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15675) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15448](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15448) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15663](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15663) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15620](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15620) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15665](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15665) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15611](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15611) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15619](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15619) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15625](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15625) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15615](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15615) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [15695](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15695) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15617](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15617) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15693](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15693) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15624](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15624) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15640](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15640) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15661](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15661) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15689](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15689) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15131](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15131) | 0% | 5.3% |  |
| [15692](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15692) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15635](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15635) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15674](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15674) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15660](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15660) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15641](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15641) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15638](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15638) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15680](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15680) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15629](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15629) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15634](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15634) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15696](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15696) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15691](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15691) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15647](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15647) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15146](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15146) | 0% | 0.3% |  |
| [15072](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15072) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [15137](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/15137) | 0% | 0% |  |

## Sources

- American Community Survey 5-year estimates (Census Data API) (U.S. Census Bureau), ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (release acs5-2024:county), source date 2025-09-02: https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01003_001E,B01003_001M,B01002_001E,B01002_001M,B11001_001E,B11001_001M,B19013_001E,B19013_001M,B25077_001E,B25077_001M,B25064_001E,B25064_001M,B25003_001E,B25003_002E,B25003_003E,B15003_001E,B15003_017E,B15003_018E,B15003_019E,B15003_020E,B15003_021E,B15003_022E,B15003_023E,B15003_024E,B15003_025E,B17001_001E,B17001_002E,B23025_003E,B23025_005E&for=county:129&in=state:42
- Published by Olympus: Oct 22, 2026 (2026-10-22T13:59:21.446Z)
- Source data: U.S. Census Bureau. Works of the U.S. government are not subject to copyright in the United States.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

## Get this data from the API

```sh
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```

MCP tool: `get_us_demographics {"county_fips":"42129"}`

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