Ben Avon vs East Pittsburgh

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

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

Ben Avon has the higher population (1,919 vs 1,822 in East Pittsburgh). Ben Avon has the higher median household income ($100,353 vs $40,227 in East Pittsburgh). Ben Avon has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $72,300 in East Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,919	1,822
Median age	38.0 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,353	$40,227
Median home value	$342,800	$72,300
Median gross rent	$1,370	$768
Housing units	846	1,031
Homeownership rate	68.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,904 → 1,919 (+0.8%)	1,576 → 1,822 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $100,353 (+8.9%)	$30,663 → $40,227 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $342,800 (+48.7%)	$43,100 → $72,300 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,370 (+38.8%)	$618 → $768 (+24.3%)

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

East Pittsburgh

Population

1,5761,822

Median household income

$30,663$40,227

Median home value

$43,100$72,300

Median gross rent

$618$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
Under 5	6.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	18.8%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	5.5%
75 and over	7.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	35.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	59.8%
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%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	10.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
Drove alone	64.8%	60.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	15.7%
Public transit	3.8%	4.3%
Walked	0.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	14.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	73.5%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	25.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon	East Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	7.2%	29.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1938	1945