Ben Avon vs Wilmerding

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

Ben Avon and Wilmerding 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 1,781 in Wilmerding). Ben Avon has the higher median household income ($100,353 vs $37,764 in Wilmerding). Ben Avon has the higher median home value ($342,800 vs $65,000 in Wilmerding).

Population, income & housing

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
Population	1,919	1,781
Median age	38.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,353	$37,764
Median home value	$342,800	$65,000
Median gross rent	$1,370	$773
Housing units	846	1,161
Homeownership rate	68.1%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
Population	1,904 → 1,919 (+0.8%)	1,860 → 1,781 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$92,143 → $100,353 (+8.9%)	$27,113 → $37,764 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$230,600 → $342,800 (+48.7%)	$53,300 → $65,000 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$987 → $1,370 (+38.8%)	$705 → $773 (+9.6%)

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

Wilmerding

Population

1,8601,781

Median household income

$27,113$37,764

Median home value

$53,300$65,000

Median gross rent

$705$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
Under 5	6.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	19.1%
35 to 44	15.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.8%
75 and over	7.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
White (non-Hispanic)	86.6%	66.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	30.7%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
No high school diploma	1.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	10.7%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	39.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
Drove alone	64.8%	60.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	5.0%
Public transit	3.8%	15.9%
Walked	0.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
1-unit, detached	73.5%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	20.0%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Ben Avon	Wilmerding
Poverty rate	7.2%	29.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	24	42
Median year structure built	1938	1941