Chalfant vs West Wilmerding

A side-by-side comparison of Chalfant and West Wilmerding: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chalfant has the higher population (750 vs 690 in West Wilmerding). West Wilmerding has the higher median household income ($62,935 vs $58,116 in Chalfant). West Wilmerding has the higher median home value ($119,100 vs $110,000 in Chalfant).

Population, income & housing

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
Population	750	690
Median age	40.6 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,116	$62,935
Median home value	$110,000	$119,100
Median gross rent	$748	$878
Housing units	450	530
Homeownership rate	47.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
Population	683 → 750 (+9.8%)	—
Median household income	$41,161 → $58,116 (+41.2%)	—
Median home value	$78,400 → $110,000 (+40.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$605 → $748 (+23.6%)	—

Chalfant

Population

683750

Median household income

$41,161$58,116

Median home value

$78,400$110,000

Median gross rent

$605$748

West Wilmerding

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
Under 5	4.3%	3.2%
5 to 17	13.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	7.2%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	22.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	9.3%
65 to 74	10.0%	20.6%
75 and over	5.3%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	85.7%
Black or African American	18.7%	14.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
No high school diploma	5.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	40.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
Drove alone	74.2%	94.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	5.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
1-unit, detached	72.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	27.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chalfant	West Wilmerding
Poverty rate	10.0%	19.6%
Average household size	1.84	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1956	1954