Household size, familial status, and marital status by Census Tract.

A household's makeup can say a lot about that geographic area's composite population and be an important factor is where people choose to live or not. Familial and marital status both assist in describing that area's attraction to a younger population, whereas household size can be an indicator of shared living quarters for non-family housemates. Overall housing density is another indicator of amenities or consumer establishments.

Household Size

Erie County trends higher on two-person households, followed by one-person households; these two categories constitute 67.61% of all households in the county. Looking at county-wide housing densities, the most densely populated census tracts are Census Tracts 112.02, 121, and 119

Familial Status

In Erie County, the number of family households is greater than that of non-family households, indicating a higher prevalence of families residing together compared to individuals living alone

Marital Status

Married-Couple households (47,549) far outweigh both Female and Male single households combined (18,235).

EVS analyzes the data in each topic category using indicators, which report a targeted and digestible number, rate, or amount to represent Erie County as a whole. While this does not cover every aspect of the topic, it assists in establishing Erie's performance relative to the prior year(s). The indicators for the Demographics: Households topic are:

This indicator measures the the average number of people in individual households in a geographic area, including family members, non-family members and children. The trend for Average Household Size was down and worse in 2019, with a reported decrease of -0.03 within the County.This rate drops Erie County further from the Pennsylvania state average household size of 2.20. 

This indicator measures the percentage of single-parent families with children, as a percent of all families with children under 18. The trend for Single Parent Families was up and worse in 2019 with a reported increase of +0.9% within the County. 

Data from the U.S. Census ACS as of 08/2024.