| Penn State Erie (Behrend), Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Erie |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Harborcreek |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.03 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.03 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1486 |
| Population Density Km2: | 733.25 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1070 |
| Coordinates: | 42.1183°N -79.9817°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 16510[3] |
| Area Code: | 814 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-59212 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2633746 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1900.26 |
Penn State Erie (Behrend) is a census-designated place[4] located in Harborcreek Township, Erie County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located around the campus of Penn State Erie and near the city of Erie. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,629.[5]
As of the 2020 census, there were 1,486 people and 14 housing units. The median age was 19.6 years old. 100% of the residents were in college. The racial demographics of the CDP were 80.6% White, 12.7% African American, 0.4% Asian, 0.8% of people from some other race, and 5.3% from two or more races. Hispanic and/or Latino Americans made up 6% of the population.[6]
The ancestry of the population was 13.3% German, 10.6% Italian, 7.4% Irish, 5.4% Polish, 5.2% Sub-sarahan African, 3.4% Swedish, and 2.1% English.[7] 12.6% of the population spoke a language other than English at home, including Asian and Pacific Islander languages at 6.4%, Other Indo-European languages at 3.0%, and other languages at 2.6%. 9.1% of the population was not born in the United States.