Bethel Park vs West Mifflin

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

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

Bethel Park has the higher population (33,070 vs 19,338 in West Mifflin). Bethel Park has the higher median household income ($104,129 vs $70,335 in West Mifflin). Bethel Park has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $131,400 in West Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
Population	33,070	19,338
Median age	48.9 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,129	$70,335
Median home value	$258,700	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,259	$748
Housing units	15,723	9,131
Homeownership rate	77.0%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
Population	32,177 → 33,070 (+2.8%)	19,834 → 19,338 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$79,894 → $104,129 (+30.3%)	$52,679 → $70,335 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$188,600 → $258,700 (+37.2%)	$99,000 → $131,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,015 → $1,259 (+24.0%)	$640 → $748 (+16.9%)

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

West Mifflin

Population

19,83419,338

Median household income

$52,679$70,335

Median home value

$99,000$131,400

Median gross rent

$640$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
Under 5	4.8%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.9%
75 and over	9.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	81.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	8.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	21.0%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	34.9%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
Drove alone	64.7%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	9.0%
Public transit	4.9%	5.5%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	12.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	4.3%
20 or more units	11.8%	6.3%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethel Park	West Mifflin
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.9%
Average household size	2.20	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1964	1956