Cheswick vs Rankin

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

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

Rankin has the higher population (1,729 vs 1,704 in Cheswick). Cheswick has the higher median household income ($75,385 vs $29,783 in Rankin). Cheswick has the higher median home value ($174,000 vs $84,400 in Rankin).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswick	Rankin
Population	1,704	1,729
Median age	45.8 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,385	$29,783
Median home value	$174,000	$84,400
Median gross rent	$1,125	$548
Housing units	866	899
Homeownership rate	80.4%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswick	Rankin
Population	1,697 → 1,704 (+0.4%)	2,068 → 1,729 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $75,385 (+20.6%)	$34,091 → $29,783 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $174,000 (+38.6%)	$49,100 → $84,400 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,125 (+19.7%)	$613 → $548 (-10.6%)

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

Rankin

Population

2,0681,729

Median household income

$34,091$29,783

Median home value

$49,100$84,400

Median gross rent

$613$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswick	Rankin
Under 5	4.8%	14.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	8.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	15.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	6.1%
75 and over	14.3%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswick	Rankin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	19.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	64.4%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswick	Rankin
No high school diploma	1.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	28.5%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswick	Rankin
Drove alone	74.4%	40.5%
Carpooled	6.4%	17.5%
Public transit	2.1%	32.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	5.9%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswick	Rankin
1-unit, detached	86.8%	34.4%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	26.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheswick	Rankin
Poverty rate	6.5%	32.6%
Average household size	2.17	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1955	1950