Ben Avon vs East McKeesport

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

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

East McKeesport has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,919 in Ben Avon). Ben Avon has the higher median household income ($100,353 vs $64,103 in East McKeesport). Ben Avon has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $80,000 in East McKeesport).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
Population	1,919	2,063
Median age	38.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,353	$64,103
Median home value	$342,800	$80,000
Median gross rent	$1,370	$741
Housing units	846	1,112
Homeownership rate	68.1%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
Population	1,904 → 1,919 (+0.8%)	1,955 → 2,063 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $100,353 (+8.9%)	$43,302 → $64,103 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $342,800 (+48.7%)	$73,200 → $80,000 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,370 (+38.8%)	$693 → $741 (+6.9%)

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

East McKeesport

Population

1,9552,063

Median household income

$43,302$64,103

Median home value

$73,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$693$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
Under 5	6.9%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	15.7%
75 and over	7.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	84.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
No high school diploma	1.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	10.7%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
Drove alone	64.8%	68.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.7%
Public transit	3.8%	5.8%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	16.4%
Other means	1.6%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
1-unit, detached	73.5%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon	East McKeesport
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1938	1952