Dormont vs Swissvale

A side-by-side comparison of Dormont and Swissvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swissvale has the higher population (8,499 vs 8,120 in Dormont). Dormont has the higher median household income ($77,226 vs $60,114 in Swissvale). Dormont has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $141,300 in Swissvale).

Population, income & housing

	Dormont	Swissvale
Population	8,120	8,499
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$77,226	$60,114
Median home value	$204,800	$141,300
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,097
Housing units	4,397	4,879
Homeownership rate	57.9%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dormont	Swissvale
Population	8,373 → 8,120 (-3.0%)	8,760 → 8,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,226 (+19.4%)	$50,067 → $60,114 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $204,800 (+38.8%)	$109,900 → $141,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,049 (+22.0%)	$833 → $1,097 (+31.7%)

Dormont

Population

8,3738,120

Median household income

$64,688$77,226

Median home value

$147,500$204,800

Median gross rent

$860$1,049

Swissvale

Population

8,7608,499

Median household income

$50,067$60,114

Median home value

$109,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dormont	Swissvale
Under 5	5.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.9%
25 to 34	21.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	16.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.3%
75 and over	4.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dormont	Swissvale
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	58.4%
Black or African American	5.9%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dormont	Swissvale
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dormont	Swissvale
Drove alone	52.8%	49.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.7%
Public transit	11.0%	14.3%
Walked	3.3%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.7%	20.2%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dormont	Swissvale
1-unit, detached	57.4%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	14.7%
20 or more units	1.6%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dormont	Swissvale
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.1%
Average household size	2.03	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1938	1941