Cheswick vs East Pittsburgh

A side-by-side comparison of Cheswick and East Pittsburgh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Pittsburgh has the higher population (1,822 vs 1,704 in Cheswick). Cheswick has the higher median household income ($75,385 vs $40,227 in East Pittsburgh). Cheswick has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $72,300 in East Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,704	1,822
Median age	45.8 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,385	$40,227
Median home value	$174,000	$72,300
Median gross rent	$1,125	$768
Housing units	866	1,031
Homeownership rate	80.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
Population	1,697 → 1,704 (+0.4%)	1,576 → 1,822 (+15.6%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $75,385 (+20.6%)	$30,663 → $40,227 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $174,000 (+38.6%)	$43,100 → $72,300 (+67.7%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,125 (+19.7%)	$618 → $768 (+24.3%)

Cheswick

Population

1,6971,704

Median household income

$62,500$75,385

Median home value

$125,500$174,000

Median gross rent

$940$1,125

East Pittsburgh

Population

1,5761,822

Median household income

$30,663$40,227

Median home value

$43,100$72,300

Median gross rent

$618$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
Under 5	4.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	21.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	18.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	21.1%
65 to 74	14.1%	5.5%
75 and over	14.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	35.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	59.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	28.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
Drove alone	74.4%	60.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.7%
Public transit	2.1%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	14.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
1-unit, detached	86.8%	37.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	25.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheswick	East Pittsburgh
Poverty rate	6.5%	29.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	28	21
Median year structure built	1955	1945