Gibsonia vs Pitcairn

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

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

Pitcairn has the higher population (3,065 vs 2,952 in Gibsonia). Gibsonia has the higher median household income ($134,148 vs $34,400 in Pitcairn). Gibsonia has the higher median home value ($343,100 vs $68,600 in Pitcairn).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
Population	2,952	3,065
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$134,148	$34,400
Median home value	$343,100	$68,600
Median gross rent	—	$765
Housing units	1,193	1,696
Homeownership rate	96.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
Population	2,296 → 2,952 (+28.6%)	3,195 → 3,065 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$115,607 → $134,148 (+16.0%)	$32,864 → $34,400 (+4.7%)
Median home value	$214,100 → $343,100 (+60.3%)	$68,100 → $68,600 (+0.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$687 → $765 (+11.4%)

Gibsonia

Population

2,2962,952

Median household income

$115,607$134,148

Median home value

$214,100$343,100

Pitcairn

Population

3,1953,065

Median household income

$32,864$34,400

Median home value

$68,100$68,600

Median gross rent

$687$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
Under 5	2.6%	10.0%
5 to 17	20.8%	13.3%
18 to 24	2.9%	9.4%
25 to 34	9.5%	13.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	10.9%
75 and over	9.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	31.4%
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%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
No high school diploma	1.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	31.4%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
Drove alone	85.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	19.1%
Public transit	0.0%	6.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
1-unit, detached	97.2%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonia	Pitcairn
Poverty rate	3.3%	21.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1971	1952