Ben Avon vs Braddock

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

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

Braddock has the higher population (1,979 vs 1,919 in Ben Avon). Ben Avon has the higher median household income ($100,353 vs $24,489 in Braddock). Ben Avon has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $57,300 in Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon	Braddock
Population	1,919	1,979
Median age	38.0 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$100,353	$24,489
Median home value	$342,800	$57,300
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,055
Housing units	846	1,064
Homeownership rate	68.1%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	33.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon	Braddock
Population	1,904 → 1,919 (+0.8%)	1,869 → 1,979 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $100,353 (+8.9%)	$21,972 → $24,489 (+11.5%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $342,800 (+48.7%)	$33,300 → $57,300 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,370 (+38.8%)	$763 → $1,055 (+38.3%)

Ben Avon

Population

1,9041,919

Median household income

$92,143$100,353

Median home value

$230,600$342,800

Median gross rent

$987$1,370

Braddock

Population

1,8691,979

Median household income

$21,972$24,489

Median home value

$33,300$57,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,055

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon	Braddock
Under 5	6.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	20.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.1%
75 and over	7.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon	Braddock
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	18.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	74.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon	Braddock
No high school diploma	1.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	10.7%	54.7%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon	Braddock
Drove alone	64.8%	58.3%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.1%
Public transit	3.8%	28.4%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	0.7%
Other means	1.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon	Braddock
1-unit, detached	73.5%	51.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon	Braddock
Poverty rate	7.2%	36.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938