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McKeesport city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
McKeesport city is a Census city of 17,380 people across 5.05 square miles of land, in Allegheny County. Median household income is $34,219, 50.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 21 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $8.9 m.
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McKeesport
What McKeesport is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.05 sq mi
- Water area0.39 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,442
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllegheny County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McKeesport
How many people live in McKeesport
- Population17,380
- Median age41.0
- Population under 184,032
- Share under 1823.2 percent
- Population 65 and over3,628
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent
- Households7,668
- Family households3,827
- Share of households that are families49.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McKeesport
Income and work in McKeesport
- Median household income$34,219 plus or minus $7,337
- Per capita income$23,197
- Civilian labor force7,228
- Employed6,396
- Unemployed832 plus or minus 222
- Unemployment rate11.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Adults 25 and over12,436
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher11.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.6 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McKeesport
Housing in McKeesport
- Housing units9,510
- Occupied units7,668
- Vacant units1,842
- Vacancy rate19.4 percent
- Owner occupied3,903
- Renter occupied3,765
- Ownership rate50.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$72,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$848
- Annual rent as a share of median income29.7 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Single family units7,212
- Share single family75.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,276
- Share in buildings of two or more23.9 percent
- Mobile homes22 plus or minus 25
- Median year structure built1947
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McKeesport
How McKeesport gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,391
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,386
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,555
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.4 percent
- Drove alone68.4 percent
- Carpooled10.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Public transport6.7 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home11.2 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
McKeesport
SBA 7(a) lending to McKeesport borrowers
- Approvals21
- Gross approval$8,880,500
- Average approval$422,881
- Median approval$175,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,500,000
- Jobs supported135
- Jobs per approval6.4
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Paid in full3
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more19.0 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS15
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
McKeesport
Flood programme status in McKeesport
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420051
- Currently effective map date09/26/14
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Allegheny County, not McKeesport
Allegheny County context, not McKeesport figures
These are Allegheny County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as McKeesport measurements.
- Establishments in Allegheny County33,812
- Employment at those establishments, Allegheny County709,774
- Covered employment, Allegheny County670,637
- Average annual pay, Allegheny County$78,297
- Average weekly wage, Allegheny County$1,506
- Housing units permitted, Allegheny County2,999
- Of those, single family, Allegheny County1,356
- County product, 2024, Allegheny County$132,891,899,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allegheny County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allegheny County$88,274
Every figure in this section is published for Allegheny County as a whole and is not a measurement of McKeesport. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
McKeesport questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in McKeesport, Pennsylvania?
17,380, in 7,668 households. McKeesport city covers 5.05 square miles of land, which is 3,442 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is McKeesport in?
Allegheny County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in McKeesport?
$34,219. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $72,700. Median gross rent is $848 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to McKeesport businesses?
21 7(a) approvals totalling $8.9 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $175,500. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in McKeesport, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to McKeesport borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for McKeesport. only 3 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is McKeesport in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. McKeesport appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420051, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page McKeesport figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allegheny County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of McKeesport.
Is zoning published for McKeesport?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.