Carnegie vs Swissvale

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

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

Swissvale has the higher population (8,499 vs 8,015 in Carnegie). Carnegie has the higher median household income ($62,327 vs $60,114 in Swissvale). Carnegie has the higher median home value ($168,800 vs $141,300 in Swissvale).

Population, income & housing

	Carnegie	Swissvale
Population	8,015	8,499
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,327	$60,114
Median home value	$168,800	$141,300
Median gross rent	$880	$1,097
Housing units	4,691	4,879
Homeownership rate	53.1%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carnegie	Swissvale
Population	7,883 → 8,015 (+1.7%)	8,760 → 8,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$52,612 → $62,327 (+18.5%)	$50,067 → $60,114 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$123,700 → $168,800 (+36.5%)	$109,900 → $141,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $880 (+16.1%)	$833 → $1,097 (+31.7%)

Carnegie

Population

7,8838,015

Median household income

$52,612$62,327

Median home value

$123,700$168,800

Median gross rent

$758$880

Swissvale

Population

8,7608,499

Median household income

$50,067$60,114

Median home value

$109,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carnegie	Swissvale
Under 5	7.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.3%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carnegie	Swissvale
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	58.4%
Black or African American	9.9%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carnegie	Swissvale
No high school diploma	5.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	27.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carnegie	Swissvale
Drove alone	61.6%	49.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.7%
Public transit	6.3%	14.3%
Walked	1.9%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.8%
Worked from home	21.9%	20.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carnegie	Swissvale
1-unit, detached	52.4%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	14.7%
20 or more units	15.5%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carnegie	Swissvale
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.1%
Average household size	1.87	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1952	1941