Bakerstown vs Homestead

A side-by-side comparison of Bakerstown and Homestead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Homestead has the higher population (2,885 vs 2,780 in Bakerstown). Bakerstown has the higher median household income ($163,095 vs $38,661 in Homestead). Bakerstown has the higher median home value ($522,800 vs $81,400 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Bakerstown	Homestead
Population	2,780	2,885
Median age	41.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$163,095	$38,661
Median home value	$522,800	$81,400
Median gross rent	$2,548	$874
Housing units	1,005	1,818
Homeownership rate	77.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakerstown	Homestead
Population	2,549 → 2,780 (+9.1%)	3,170 → 2,885 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $163,095 (+78.7%)	$26,220 → $38,661 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$322,800 → $522,800 (+62.0%)	$50,200 → $81,400 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,302 → $2,548 (+10.7%)	$722 → $874 (+21.1%)

Bakerstown

Population

2,5492,780

Median household income

$91,250$163,095

Median home value

$322,800$522,800

Median gross rent

$2,302$2,548

Homestead

Population

3,1702,885

Median household income

$26,220$38,661

Median home value

$50,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$722$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakerstown	Homestead
Under 5	9.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	2.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	5.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	3.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.3%
75 and over	12.4%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakerstown	Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	34.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	57.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakerstown	Homestead
No high school diploma	0.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	10.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakerstown	Homestead
Drove alone	74.8%	57.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	15.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakerstown	Homestead
1-unit, detached	60.3%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	5.4%
20 or more units	20.8%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bakerstown	Homestead
Poverty rate	12.2%	16.3%
Average household size	2.99	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1995	1946