Clairton vs Oakmont

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

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

Oakmont has the higher population (6,712 vs 6,105 in Clairton). Oakmont has the higher median household income ($89,055 vs $39,884 in Clairton). Oakmont has the higher median home value ($317,700 vs $59,100 in Clairton).

Population, income & housing

	Clairton	Oakmont
Population	6,105	6,712
Median age	40.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$39,884	$89,055
Median home value	$59,100	$317,700
Median gross rent	$932	$1,125
Housing units	3,496	3,606
Homeownership rate	59.8%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	57.0%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clairton	Oakmont
Population	6,619 → 6,105 (-7.8%)	6,480 → 6,712 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$37,282 → $39,884 (+7.0%)	$65,833 → $89,055 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $59,100 (+36.8%)	$206,200 → $317,700 (+54.1%)
Median gross rent	$830 → $932 (+12.3%)	$879 → $1,125 (+28.0%)

Clairton

Population

6,6196,105

Median household income

$37,282$39,884

Median home value

$43,200$59,100

Median gross rent

$830$932

Oakmont

Population

6,4806,712

Median household income

$65,833$89,055

Median home value

$206,200$317,700

Median gross rent

$879$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clairton	Oakmont
Under 5	6.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.7%
75 and over	10.3%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clairton	Oakmont
White (non-Hispanic)	46.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	44.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clairton	Oakmont
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clairton	Oakmont
Drove alone	71.1%	67.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.0%
Public transit	3.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.4%	22.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clairton	Oakmont
1-unit, detached	57.8%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	15.2%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	11.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	8.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clairton	Oakmont
Poverty rate	29.9%	3.9%
Average household size	2.30	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1942	1963