Braddock vs East Pittsburgh

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

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

Braddock has the higher population (1,979 vs 1,822 in East Pittsburgh). East Pittsburgh has the higher median household income ($40,227 vs $24,489 in Braddock). East Pittsburgh has the higher median home value ($72,300 vs $57,300 in Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,979	1,822
Median age	33.7 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$24,489	$40,227
Median home value	$57,300	$72,300
Median gross rent	$1,055	$768
Housing units	1,064	1,031
Homeownership rate	28.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	33.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,869 → 1,979 (+5.9%)	1,576 → 1,822 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$21,972 → $24,489 (+11.5%)	$30,663 → $40,227 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $57,300 (+72.1%)	$43,100 → $72,300 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,055 (+38.3%)	$618 → $768 (+24.3%)

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 Pittsburgh

Population

1,5761,822

Median household income

$30,663$40,227

Median home value

$43,100$72,300

Median gross rent

$618$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
Under 5	4.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	20.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	20.8%	18.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	21.1%
65 to 74	6.1%	5.5%
75 and over	8.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	35.9%
Black or African American	74.8%	59.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	54.7%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
Drove alone	58.3%	60.4%
Carpooled	9.1%	15.7%
Public transit	28.4%	4.3%
Walked	1.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	14.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	51.6%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	25.7%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	14.2%
20 or more units	3.6%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Braddock	East Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	36.0%	29.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1938	1945