Ben Avon Heights vs Coulter

A side-by-side comparison of Ben Avon Heights and Coulter: population, income, housing, and more.

Ben Avon Heights and Coulter are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ben Avon Heights has the higher population (343 vs 293 in Coulter). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median household income ($240,938 vs $61,250 in Coulter). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $95,000 in Coulter).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
Population	343	293
Median age	43.1 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$240,938	$61,250
Median home value	$491,700	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,100
Housing units	121	136
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.3%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
Population	392 → 343 (-12.5%)	—
Median household income	$181,875 → $240,938 (+32.5%)	—
Median home value	$361,300 → $491,700 (+36.1%)	—

Ben Avon Heights

Population

392343

Median household income

$181,875$240,938

Median home value

$361,300$491,700

Coulter

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
Under 5	7.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	5.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	17.8%	17.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.5%	24.6%
75 and over	4.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
No high school diploma	2.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	4.4%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	44.5%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
Drove alone	66.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	9.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
1-unit, detached	99.2%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon Heights	Coulter
Poverty rate	0.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1938	1951