Gibsonia vs Homestead

A side-by-side comparison of Gibsonia and Homestead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gibsonia has the higher population (2,952 vs 2,885 in Homestead). Gibsonia has the higher median household income ($134,148 vs $38,661 in Homestead). Gibsonia has the higher median home value ($343,100 vs $81,400 in Homestead).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonia	Homestead
Population	2,952	2,885
Median age	46.8 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,148	$38,661
Median home value	$343,100	$81,400
Median gross rent	—	$874
Housing units	1,193	1,818
Homeownership rate	96.8%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonia	Homestead
Population	2,296 → 2,952 (+28.6%)	3,170 → 2,885 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$115,607 → $134,148 (+16.0%)	$26,220 → $38,661 (+47.4%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $343,100 (+60.3%)	$50,200 → $81,400 (+62.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$722 → $874 (+21.1%)

Gibsonia

Population

2,2962,952

Median household income

$115,607$134,148

Median home value

$214,100$343,100

Homestead

Population

3,1702,885

Median household income

$26,220$38,661

Median home value

$50,200$81,400

Median gross rent

$722$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonia	Homestead
Under 5	2.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.8%	11.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	3.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	10.3%
75 and over	9.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonia	Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	34.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	57.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonia	Homestead
No high school diploma	1.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonia	Homestead
Drove alone	85.3%	57.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	15.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonia	Homestead
1-unit, detached	97.2%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonia	Homestead
Poverty rate	3.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.51	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1971	1946