Braddock vs Imperial

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

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

Imperial has the higher population (2,302 vs 1,979 in Braddock). Imperial has the higher median household income ($68,314 vs $24,489 in Braddock). Imperial has the higher median home value ($199,600 vs $57,300 in Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Braddock	Imperial
Population	1,979	2,302
Median age	33.7 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,489	$68,314
Median home value	$57,300	$199,600
Median gross rent	$1,055	$861
Housing units	1,064	1,219
Homeownership rate	28.2%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	33.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braddock	Imperial
Population	1,869 → 1,979 (+5.9%)	2,533 → 2,302 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$21,972 → $24,489 (+11.5%)	$59,318 → $68,314 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $57,300 (+72.1%)	$250,600 → $199,600 (-20.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,055 (+38.3%)	$802 → $861 (+7.4%)

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

Imperial

Population

2,5332,302

Median household income

$59,318$68,314

Median home value

$250,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$802$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braddock	Imperial
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	20.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	5.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	20.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	7.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	27.5%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.2%
75 and over	8.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braddock	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	93.7%
Black or African American	74.8%	2.4%
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%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braddock	Imperial
No high school diploma	5.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	54.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braddock	Imperial
Drove alone	58.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.4%
Public transit	28.4%	2.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	8.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braddock	Imperial
1-unit, detached	51.6%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Braddock	Imperial
Poverty rate	36.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.51	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	19
Median year structure built	1938	1974