Avalon vs North Braddock

A side-by-side comparison of Avalon and North Braddock: population, income, housing, and more.

Avalon and North Braddock are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avalon has the higher population (4,689 vs 4,255 in North Braddock). Avalon has the higher median household income ($51,156 vs $36,563 in North Braddock). Avalon has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $53,400 in North Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	North Braddock
Population	4,689	4,255
Median age	44.3 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$51,156	$36,563
Median home value	$154,200	$53,400
Median gross rent	$917	$567
Housing units	2,906	2,689
Homeownership rate	40.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	13.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	North Braddock
Population	4,584 → 4,689 (+2.3%)	4,741 → 4,255 (-10.3%)
Median household income	$43,939 → $51,156 (+16.4%)	$32,272 → $36,563 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $154,200 (+38.4%)	$40,700 → $53,400 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$569 → $567 (-0.4%)

Avalon

Population

4,5844,689

Median household income

$43,939$51,156

Median home value

$111,400$154,200

Median gross rent

$766$917

North Braddock

Population

4,7414,255

Median household income

$32,272$36,563

Median home value

$40,700$53,400

Median gross rent

$569$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	North Braddock
Under 5	3.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.5%	10.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	13.7%	16.6%
75 and over	12.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	North Braddock
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	41.7%
Black or African American	12.3%	49.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	3.9%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	North Braddock
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	North Braddock
Drove alone	60.6%	57.7%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.3%
Public transit	5.3%	13.2%
Walked	5.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	16.5%
Other means	3.6%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	North Braddock
1-unit, detached	36.2%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	30.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	North Braddock
Poverty rate	13.8%	29.3%
Average household size	1.75	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1952	1943