Glassport vs Tarentum

A side-by-side comparison of Glassport and Tarentum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glassport has the higher population (4,400 vs 4,286 in Tarentum). Glassport has the higher median household income ($45,354 vs $42,453 in Tarentum). Glassport has the higher median home value ($82,400 vs $76,200 in Tarentum).

Population, income & housing

	Glassport	Tarentum
Population	4,400	4,286
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,354	$42,453
Median home value	$82,400	$76,200
Median gross rent	$844	$732
Housing units	2,121	2,278
Homeownership rate	63.9%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glassport	Tarentum
Population	4,371 → 4,400 (+0.7%)	4,413 → 4,286 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$40,823 → $45,354 (+11.1%)	$33,970 → $42,453 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $82,400 (+26.8%)	$59,300 → $76,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Glassport

Population

4,3714,400

Median household income

$40,823$45,354

Median home value

$65,000$82,400

Median gross rent

$752$844

Tarentum

Population

4,4134,286

Median household income

$33,970$42,453

Median home value

$59,300$76,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glassport	Tarentum
Under 5	6.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.9%
75 and over	6.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glassport	Tarentum
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glassport	Tarentum
No high school diploma	13.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	43.9%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glassport	Tarentum
Drove alone	64.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.9%
Public transit	9.9%	3.1%
Walked	4.5%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.9%
Other means	4.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glassport	Tarentum
1-unit, detached	75.4%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	3.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Glassport	Tarentum
Poverty rate	12.6%	19.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1948	1938