Braddock vs West Homestead

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

Braddock and West Homestead 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 1,870 in West Homestead). West Homestead has the higher median household income ($81,477 vs $24,489 in Braddock). West Homestead has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $57,300 in Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	Braddock	West Homestead
Population	1,979	1,870
Median age	33.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$24,489	$81,477
Median home value	$57,300	$159,000
Median gross rent	$1,055	$1,041
Housing units	1,064	953
Homeownership rate	28.2%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.4%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	33.9%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Braddock	West Homestead
Population	1,869 → 1,979 (+5.9%)	1,782 → 1,870 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$21,972 → $24,489 (+11.5%)	$53,106 → $81,477 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$33,300 → $57,300 (+72.1%)	$110,200 → $159,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,055 (+38.3%)	$872 → $1,041 (+19.4%)

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

West Homestead

Population

1,7821,870

Median household income

$53,106$81,477

Median home value

$110,200$159,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Braddock	West Homestead
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	20.8%	22.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.7%
75 and over	8.3%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Braddock	West Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	73.6%
Black or African American	74.8%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Braddock	West Homestead
No high school diploma	5.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	54.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Braddock	West Homestead
Drove alone	58.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.4%
Public transit	28.4%	6.2%
Walked	1.7%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	16.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Braddock	West Homestead
1-unit, detached	51.6%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Braddock	West Homestead
Poverty rate	36.0%	7.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1938	1957