Clairton vs Natrona Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Clairton and Natrona Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Natrona Heights has the higher population (6,955 vs 6,105 in Clairton). Natrona Heights has the higher median household income ($71,167 vs $39,884 in Clairton). Natrona Heights has the higher median home value ($146,800 vs $59,100 in Clairton).

Population, income & housing

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
Population	6,105	6,955
Median age	40.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$39,884	$71,167
Median home value	$59,100	$146,800
Median gross rent	$932	$744
Housing units	3,496	3,410
Homeownership rate	59.8%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
Population	6,619 → 6,105 (-7.8%)	—
Median household income	$37,282 → $39,884 (+7.0%)	—
Median home value	$43,200 → $59,100 (+36.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$830 → $932 (+12.3%)	—

Clairton

Population

6,6196,105

Median household income

$37,282$39,884

Median home value

$43,200$59,100

Median gross rent

$830$932

Natrona Heights

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
Under 5	6.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.6%
75 and over	10.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	91.6%
Black or African American	44.7%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	35.8%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
Drove alone	71.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	8.7%
Public transit	3.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.4%	10.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
1-unit, detached	57.8%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clairton	Natrona Heights
Poverty rate	29.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1942	1955