Coraopolis vs Fox Chapel

A side-by-side comparison of Coraopolis and Fox Chapel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coraopolis has the higher population (5,464 vs 5,264 in Fox Chapel). Fox Chapel has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $60,174 in Coraopolis). Fox Chapel has the higher median home value ($880,100 vs $151,500 in Coraopolis).

Population, income & housing

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
Population	5,464	5,264
Median age	39.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,174	$250,001
Median home value	$151,500	$880,100
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	2,971	1,834
Homeownership rate	52.5%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
Population	5,488 → 5,464 (-0.4%)	5,121 → 5,264 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$43,145 → $60,174 (+39.5%)	$205,987 → $250,001 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$94,700 → $151,500 (+60.0%)	$662,400 → $880,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $900 (+28.6%)	—

Coraopolis

Population

5,4885,464

Median household income

$43,145$60,174

Median home value

$94,700$151,500

Median gross rent

$700$900

Fox Chapel

Population

5,1215,264

Median household income

$205,987$250,001

Median home value

$662,400$880,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
Under 5	3.9%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	18.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.9%	14.4%
75 and over	7.2%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	73.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	14.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
No high school diploma	4.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
Drove alone	61.8%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.5%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	18.1%	19.4%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
1-unit, detached	61.1%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coraopolis	Fox Chapel
Poverty rate	15.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1966