Carnegie vs Dormont

A side-by-side comparison of Carnegie and Dormont: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dormont has the higher population (8,120 vs 8,015 in Carnegie). Dormont has the higher median household income ($77,226 vs $62,327 in Carnegie). Dormont has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $168,800 in Carnegie).

Population, income & housing

	Carnegie	Dormont
Population	8,015	8,120
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,327	$77,226
Median home value	$168,800	$204,800
Median gross rent	$880	$1,049
Housing units	4,691	4,397
Homeownership rate	53.1%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	48.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnegie	Dormont
Population	7,883 → 8,015 (+1.7%)	8,373 → 8,120 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$52,612 → $62,327 (+18.5%)	$64,688 → $77,226 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$147,500 → $204,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $880 (+16.1%)	$860 → $1,049 (+22.0%)

Carnegie

Population

7,8838,015

Median household income

$52,612$62,327

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$758$880

Dormont

Population

8,3738,120

Median household income

$64,688$77,226

Median home value

$147,500$204,800

Median gross rent

$860$1,049

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnegie	Dormont
Under 5	7.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	21.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.9%
75 and over	8.2%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnegie	Dormont
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	85.5%
Black or African American	9.9%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnegie	Dormont
No high school diploma	5.9%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnegie	Dormont
Drove alone	61.6%	52.8%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.5%
Public transit	6.3%	11.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	23.7%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnegie	Dormont
1-unit, detached	52.4%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	12.1%
20 or more units	15.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnegie	Dormont
Poverty rate	10.5%	8.4%
Average household size	1.87	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1952	1938