Allison Park vs Pittsburgh

A side-by-side comparison of Allison Park and Pittsburgh: population, income, housing, and more.

Allison Park and Pittsburgh are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pittsburgh has the higher population (303,620 vs 22,108 in Allison Park). Allison Park has the higher median household income ($108,669 vs $64,137 in Pittsburgh). Allison Park has the higher median home value ($328,700 vs $193,200 in Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
Population	22,108	303,620
Median age	44.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,669	$64,137
Median home value	$328,700	$193,200
Median gross rent	$1,190	$1,221
Housing units	9,620	159,667
Homeownership rate	75.6%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.9%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
Population	23,092 → 22,108 (-4.3%)	302,205 → 303,620 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$83,594 → $108,669 (+30.0%)	$48,711 → $64,137 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$235,600 → $328,700 (+39.5%)	$125,000 → $193,200 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,054 → $1,190 (+12.9%)	$958 → $1,221 (+27.5%)

Allison Park

Population

23,09222,108

Median household income

$83,594$108,669

Median home value

$235,600$328,700

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,190

Pittsburgh

Population

302,205303,620

Median household income

$48,711$64,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	10.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	17.0%
25 to 34	11.9%	20.8%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.0%
75 and over	8.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	62.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	1.7%	5.7%
High school graduate	16.8%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.6%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.2%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
Drove alone	69.6%	48.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.2%
Public transit	1.4%	12.4%
Walked	1.6%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.1%
Worked from home	19.8%	20.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	70.5%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	10.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Allison Park	Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	3.6%	19.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1972	1942