Ben Avon vs West Homestead

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

Ben Avon and West Homestead 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 1,870 in West Homestead). Ben Avon has the higher median household income ($100,353 vs $81,477 in West Homestead). Ben Avon has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $159,000 in West Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
Population	1,919	1,870
Median age	38.0 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,353	$81,477
Median home value	$342,800	$159,000
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,041
Housing units	846	953
Homeownership rate	68.1%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
Population	1,904 → 1,919 (+0.8%)	1,782 → 1,870 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $100,353 (+8.9%)	$53,106 → $81,477 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $342,800 (+48.7%)	$110,200 → $159,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,370 (+38.8%)	$872 → $1,041 (+19.4%)

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

West Homestead

Population

1,7821,870

Median household income

$53,106$81,477

Median home value

$110,200$159,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
Under 5	6.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	16.9%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	22.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	7.7%
75 and over	7.2%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	73.6%
Black or African American	4.0%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	10.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
Drove alone	64.8%	67.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.4%
Public transit	3.8%	6.2%
Walked	0.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	16.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
1-unit, detached	73.5%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon	West Homestead
Poverty rate	7.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1938	1957