Squirrel Hill Demographics (Industry: apartment complexes, renter, how much)

[Hopes]

Aside from being 87% Caucasian, Squirell Hill has interesting demographics.

The majority of the population is young adults and adults up to retirement age. There's a very small elderly population.

47% of households are families
39% married couples
41% live alone
43% owner occupied
56% rentals

Of Owner Occupied:
22% 1 person households
38% 2 person households

Of Renter Occupied:
56% 1 person households
28% 2 person households

Employment
60% employed
40% unemployed

Commuting
53% drive alone
22% public transportation

Occupation
68% management, professional

Industry
48% education, health, social services

Income Households
17% earn over 100k
11% below poverty level

Income Families
28% earn over 100k
6% below poverty level

Education
62% bachelors degree or higher

Marital Status
35% never married
49% currently married

Place of Birth
19% foreign born

Of Foreign Born
39% Asia
49% Europe

Foreign Language
12% other Indo-European languages
5% Asian and Pacific Island
2% Spanish

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/...lhillsouth.pdf

[ferraris]

I'm surprised to learn that the percentage of renters is so high! Unless that is inflated due to apartment buildings? It seems unusual, though I have no clue if it actually is, for a nice area to be mostly renters.

[jenniferprestia]

Which bit is Squirrel Hill South in fact? Also, I wonder how much this will turn out to have changed (as these are 2000 figures)?

[BrianTH]

Just a technical point, but that is just data for Squirrel Hill South, which is the part of Squirrel Hill south of Forbes. Squirrel Hill North statistics are available here:

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/...lhillnorth.pdf

By the way, in Squirrel Hill North the owner/renter ratio is pretty much exactly reversed. I assume that difference is partially explained by all the big apartment complexes down near Murray in Squirrel Hill South.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by jenniferprestia

Which bit is Squirrel Hill South in fact?

Here is a map:

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/...lhillsouth.pdf

[jenniferprestia]

Originally Posted by BrianTH

Here is a map:

http://www.city.pittsburgh.pa.us/cp/...lhillsouth.pdf

Thanks.

[Drover]

Originally Posted by ferrarisnowday

I'm surprised to learn that the percentage of renters is so high! Unless that is inflated due to apartment buildings? It seems unusual, though I have no clue if it actually is, for a nice area to be mostly renters.

Lots of students live in Squirrel Hill, particularly along the Murray Avenue corridor. Along that corridor, a lot of what looks like houses are actually subdivided into two or three units to accommodate demand for student housing.

[SteelCityRising]

Why is the unemployment rate so sky-high?

[bethany12]

Originally Posted by jenniferprestia

Which bit is Squirrel Hill South in fact? Also, I wonder how much this will turn out to have changed (as these are 2000 figures)?

I have to agree. Those stats are 10 years old.

[BrianTH]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

Why is the unemployment rate so sky-high?

The unemployed as usually defined (people in the civilian labor force but not employed) were only 2% of the 16+ population (250 out of 12436 to be exact). There were about 5000 people 16+ not in the civilian labor force, and this would include a lot of students, retirees, stay-at-home parents ,and so on.