East McKeesport vs Imperial

A side-by-side comparison of East McKeesport and Imperial: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Imperial has the higher population (2,302 vs 2,063 in East McKeesport). Imperial has the higher median household income ($68,314 vs $64,103 in East McKeesport). Imperial has the higher median home value ($199,600 vs $80,000 in East McKeesport).

Population, income & housing

	East McKeesport	Imperial
Population	2,063	2,302
Median age	47.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,103	$68,314
Median home value	$80,000	$199,600
Median gross rent	$741	$861
Housing units	1,112	1,219
Homeownership rate	68.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East McKeesport	Imperial
Population	1,955 → 2,063 (+5.5%)	2,533 → 2,302 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$43,302 → $64,103 (+48.0%)	$59,318 → $68,314 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $80,000 (+9.3%)	$250,600 → $199,600 (-20.4%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $741 (+6.9%)	$802 → $861 (+7.4%)

East McKeesport

Population

1,9552,063

Median household income

$43,302$64,103

Median home value

$73,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$693$741

Imperial

Population

2,5332,302

Median household income

$59,318$68,314

Median home value

$250,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$802$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East McKeesport	Imperial
Under 5	0.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	27.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	10.2%
75 and over	8.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East McKeesport	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	8.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East McKeesport	Imperial
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	48.1%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East McKeesport	Imperial
Drove alone	68.9%	82.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.4%
Public transit	5.8%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	8.0%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East McKeesport	Imperial
1-unit, detached	67.4%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	East McKeesport	Imperial
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.4%
Average household size	2.11	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1952	1974