Bakerstown vs Pitcairn

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

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

Pitcairn has the higher population (3,065 vs 2,780 in Bakerstown). Bakerstown has the higher median household income ($163,095 vs $34,400 in Pitcairn). Bakerstown has the higher median home value ($522,800 vs $68,600 in Pitcairn).

Population, income & housing

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
Population	2,780	3,065
Median age	41.2 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$163,095	$34,400
Median home value	$522,800	$68,600
Median gross rent	$2,548	$765
Housing units	1,005	1,696
Homeownership rate	77.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
Population	2,549 → 2,780 (+9.1%)	3,195 → 3,065 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$91,250 → $163,095 (+78.7%)	$32,864 → $34,400 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$322,800 → $522,800 (+62.0%)	$68,100 → $68,600 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,302 → $2,548 (+10.7%)	$687 → $765 (+11.4%)

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

Pitcairn

Population

3,1953,065

Median household income

$32,864$34,400

Median home value

$68,100$68,600

Median gross rent

$687$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
Under 5	9.5%	10.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	18.9%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.9%
75 and over	12.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
White (non-Hispanic)	84.6%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	31.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
No high school diploma	0.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	10.4%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	46.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
Drove alone	74.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	1.7%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
1-unit, detached	60.3%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	12.8%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	17.5%
20 or more units	20.8%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bakerstown	Pitcairn
Poverty rate	12.2%	21.9%
Average household size	2.99	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1995	1952