Ben Avon Heights vs Thornburg

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

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

Thornburg has the higher population (444 vs 343 in Ben Avon Heights). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median household income ($240,938 vs $220,625 in Thornburg). Ben Avon Heights has the higher median home value ($491,700 vs $426,400 in Thornburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
Population	343	444
Median age	43.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$240,938	$220,625
Median home value	$491,700	$426,400
Housing units	121	151
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.3%	75.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
Population	392 → 343 (-12.5%)	443 → 444 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$181,875 → $240,938 (+32.5%)	$166,250 → $220,625 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$361,300 → $491,700 (+36.1%)	$322,500 → $426,400 (+32.2%)

Ben Avon Heights

Population

392343

Median household income

$181,875$240,938

Median home value

$361,300$491,700

Thornburg

Population

443444

Median household income

$166,250$220,625

Median home value

$322,500$426,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
Under 5	7.3%	4.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	21.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	13.7%
75 and over	4.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.2%
High school graduate	4.4%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	9.2%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	44.5%	41.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
Drove alone	66.8%	60.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	34.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
1-unit, detached	99.2%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon Heights	Thornburg
Poverty rate	0.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1938	1953