Braddock vs East McKeesport

A side-by-side comparison of Braddock and East McKeesport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East McKeesport has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,979 in Braddock). East McKeesport has the higher median household income ($64,103 vs $24,489 in Braddock). East McKeesport has the higher median home value ($80,000 vs $57,300 in Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Braddock	East McKeesport
Population	1,979	2,063
Median age	33.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$24,489	$64,103
Median home value	$57,300	$80,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$741
Housing units	1,064	1,112
Homeownership rate	28.2%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	33.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braddock	East McKeesport
Population	1,869 → 1,979 (+5.9%)	1,955 → 2,063 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$21,972 → $24,489 (+11.5%)	$43,302 → $64,103 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $57,300 (+72.1%)	$73,200 → $80,000 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,055 (+38.3%)	$693 → $741 (+6.9%)

Braddock

Population

1,8691,979

Median household income

$21,972$24,489

Median home value

$33,300$57,300

Median gross rent

$763$1,055

East McKeesport

Population

1,9552,063

Median household income

$43,302$64,103

Median home value

$73,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$693$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braddock	East McKeesport
Under 5	4.5%	0.9%
5 to 17	20.0%	12.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.3%
25 to 34	20.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	6.1%	15.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braddock	East McKeesport
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	84.8%
Black or African American	74.8%	8.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braddock	East McKeesport
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	54.7%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braddock	East McKeesport
Drove alone	58.3%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.7%
Public transit	28.4%	5.8%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	16.4%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braddock	East McKeesport
1-unit, detached	51.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braddock	East McKeesport
Poverty rate	36.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1952