Growth in GDP
The Pittsburgh region’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.7 percent and had the fourth-highest rate of growth from 2016 to 2017. Pittsburgh’s per capita real GDP was tied with Austin …
The Pittsburgh region’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 3.7 percent and had the fourth-highest rate of growth from 2016 to 2017. Pittsburgh’s per capita real GDP was tied with Austin …
Metropolitan Pittsburgh’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased from 7.5 percent in March 2021 to 5.0 percent in March 2022. During that period, the number of people in the labor force …
Crime rates in the Pittsburgh MSA tend to be lower than those in most of our benchmark regions. In 2018, the Pittsburgh MSA ranked as the safest metro area among …
Crime rates in the City of Pittsburgh tend to be lower than most of those in the core cities of our benchmark regions. In 2018, the City of Pittsburgh ranked …
Murder rates in cities are consistently higher than murder rates in regions. There are two groups of cities: high murder rate cities and low murder rate cities. The Pittsburgh region …
While robbery rates fluctuate in a number of cities and regions, the local rates are relatively flat and low in both the region and the City of Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh …
Burglary rates for regions are consistently about half the rate of burglary for cities. The rates for the Pittsburgh region and the City of Pittsburgh are consistently low. The Pittsburgh …
The Pittsburgh region gained about 57,800 jobs between June 2020 and June 2021, a 7.2 percent increase over the year. This fell below the benchmark average of a 7.2 percent …
The number of permits issued for new privately owned residential construction is an excellent indicator of growth and economic vitality. After years of declining building permits that began in 2006, …
Race and ethnicity patterns in the United States are significantly impacted by migration flows. Historically low migration rates into the Pittsburgh region have resulted in low overall diversity rates and …
Vacancy rates in residential housing are a good barometer over time of the demand for shelter in a region. According to the Census, unoccupied housing units are considered vacant. Vacancy …
Pittsburgh has the smallest percentage of foreign-born residents of all the benchmark regions at 3.8 percent, down 0.1 percent from 2015. The percentage of Pittsburgh’s foreign-born population that arrived in …
Median household income increased 2.03 percent to reach $59,710 a year in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area in 2018. Among the benchmark regions, Pittsburgh had the third-lowest median household income …
About 69.5 percent of residents in the Pittsburgh region own their home, the second-largest homeownership rate among all benchmark regions.
Poverty rates in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area are below average when compared to the benchmark regions. According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, 10.8 percent of …
Pittsburgh remains one of the oldest metropolitan regions in the nation. The selective out migration of younger workers shifted the age structure of the region in the 1980’s. Today the …
Residential migration data are a percentage of the population that lived in a different house one year earlier, while county data refers to the percentage of the population that lived …
Average weekly wages in the 7-county Pittsburgh metropolitan area in the third quarter of 2019 were $1,073, a year-over-year percent increase of 3.5 percent. That percentage was below the benchmark …
The figures below reveal the wide disparity in average weekly wages that exists in the seven-county Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area. Allegheny County had the highest average weekly wages at $1,203 …
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The Pittsburgh Metropolitan Area’s unemployment rate — seasonally adjusted — decreased a total of 6.1 percentage points from June 2020 to June 2021 to 6.3 percent. Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate was …
The number of unemployed in the Pittsburgh MSA — seasonally adjusted — decreased by 23.1 percent in May 2018 compared to May 2017. The number of employed decreased by 0.2 …
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The Pittsburgh region continues to experience fewer bankruptcies than many of its benchmark peers. With 1,792 bankruptcies in the 2nd quarter of 2019, less than the benchmark average of 2,767, …
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