Bridgeville vs Tarentum

A side-by-side comparison of Bridgeville and Tarentum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bridgeville has the higher population (4,737 vs 4,286 in Tarentum). Bridgeville has the higher median household income ($60,156 vs $42,453 in Tarentum). Bridgeville has the higher median home value ($157,700 vs $76,200 in Tarentum).

Population, income & housing

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
Population	4,737	4,286
Median age	42.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,156	$42,453
Median home value	$157,700	$76,200
Median gross rent	$933	$732
Housing units	2,771	2,278
Homeownership rate	59.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
Population	4,968 → 4,737 (-4.6%)	4,413 → 4,286 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $60,156 (+25.5%)	$33,970 → $42,453 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$139,600 → $157,700 (+13.0%)	$59,300 → $76,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $933 (+20.4%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Bridgeville

Population

4,9684,737

Median household income

$47,917$60,156

Median home value

$139,600$157,700

Median gross rent

$775$933

Tarentum

Population

4,4134,286

Median household income

$33,970$42,453

Median home value

$59,300$76,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
Under 5	5.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	19.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.9%
75 and over	9.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
White (non-Hispanic)	89.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
Drove alone	75.1%	75.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.9%
Public transit	3.0%	3.1%
Walked	1.2%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	2.9%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
1-unit, detached	66.5%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.8%
20 or more units	11.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Bridgeville	Tarentum
Poverty rate	10.3%	19.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1952	1938