Duquesne vs Fox Chapel

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

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

Fox Chapel has the higher population (5,264 vs 5,186 in Duquesne). Fox Chapel has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $41,208 in Duquesne). Fox Chapel has the higher median home value ($880,100 vs $57,500 in Duquesne).

Population, income & housing

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
Population	5,186	5,264
Median age	34.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,208	$250,001
Median home value	$57,500	$880,100
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	2,939	1,834
Homeownership rate	43.7%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
Population	5,543 → 5,186 (-6.4%)	5,121 → 5,264 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$29,844 → $41,208 (+38.1%)	$205,987 → $250,001 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$42,600 → $57,500 (+35.0%)	$662,400 → $880,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$609 → $725 (+19.0%)	—

Duquesne

Population

5,5435,186

Median household income

$29,844$41,208

Median home value

$42,600$57,500

Median gross rent

$609$725

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)

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
Under 5	9.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	18.0%	23.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	18.8%
55 to 64	14.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	14.4%
75 and over	6.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	87.1%
Black or African American	43.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	15.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.4%
High school graduate	49.8%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	49.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
Drove alone	36.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	2.5%
Public transit	23.3%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.8%
Worked from home	18.5%	19.4%
Other means	6.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
1-unit, detached	61.7%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duquesne	Fox Chapel
Poverty rate	29.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.45	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1944	1966