Bethel Park vs Pittsburgh

A side-by-side comparison of Bethel Park and Pittsburgh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsburgh has the higher population (303,620 vs 33,070 in Bethel Park). Bethel Park has the higher median household income ($104,129 vs $64,137 in Pittsburgh). Bethel Park has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $193,200 in Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
Population	33,070	303,620
Median age	48.9 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,129	$64,137
Median home value	$258,700	$193,200
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,221
Housing units	15,723	159,667
Homeownership rate	77.0%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
Population	32,177 → 33,070 (+2.8%)	302,205 → 303,620 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$79,894 → $104,129 (+30.3%)	$48,711 → $64,137 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $258,700 (+37.2%)	$125,000 → $193,200 (+54.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,259 (+24.0%)	$958 → $1,221 (+27.5%)

Bethel Park

Population

32,17733,070

Median household income

$79,894$104,129

Median home value

$188,600$258,700

Median gross rent

$1,015$1,259

Pittsburgh

Population

302,205303,620

Median household income

$48,711$64,137

Median home value

$125,000$193,200

Median gross rent

$958$1,221

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	10.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	17.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	20.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	9.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.0%
75 and over	9.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	62.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
Drove alone	64.7%	48.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.2%
Public transit	4.9%	12.4%
Walked	0.7%	9.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	23.7%	20.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	74.2%	43.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.8%	16.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethel Park	Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	4.3%	19.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1964	1942