East Pittsburgh vs West Homestead

A side-by-side comparison of East Pittsburgh and West Homestead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Homestead has the higher population (1,870 vs 1,822 in East Pittsburgh). West Homestead has the higher median household income ($81,477 vs $40,227 in East Pittsburgh). West Homestead has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $72,300 in East Pittsburgh).

Population, income & housing

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
Population	1,822	1,870
Median age	33.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,227	$81,477
Median home value	$72,300	$159,000
Median gross rent	$768	$1,041
Housing units	1,031	953
Homeownership rate	35.5%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
Population	1,576 → 1,822 (+15.6%)	1,782 → 1,870 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$30,663 → $40,227 (+31.2%)	$53,106 → $81,477 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$43,100 → $72,300 (+67.7%)	$110,200 → $159,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $768 (+24.3%)	$872 → $1,041 (+19.4%)

East Pittsburgh

Population

1,5761,822

Median household income

$30,663$40,227

Median home value

$43,100$72,300

Median gross rent

$618$768

West Homestead

Population

1,7821,870

Median household income

$53,106$81,477

Median home value

$110,200$159,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
Under 5	6.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	21.2%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	18.8%	22.9%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	21.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	5.5%	7.7%
75 and over	5.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	35.9%	73.6%
Black or African American	59.8%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.0%
High school graduate	45.1%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
Drove alone	60.4%	67.2%
Carpooled	15.7%	6.4%
Public transit	4.3%	6.2%
Walked	5.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	16.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
1-unit, detached	37.4%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	5.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	East Pittsburgh	West Homestead
Poverty rate	29.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1945	1957