Glenshaw vs Swissvale

A side-by-side comparison of Glenshaw and Swissvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Glenshaw has the higher population (9,194 vs 8,499 in Swissvale). Glenshaw has the higher median household income ($91,219 vs $60,114 in Swissvale). Glenshaw has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $141,300 in Swissvale).

Population, income & housing

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
Population	9,194	8,499
Median age	44.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$91,219	$60,114
Median home value	$241,300	$141,300
Median gross rent	$948	$1,097
Housing units	3,797	4,879
Homeownership rate	93.6%	46.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
Population	8,669 → 9,194 (+6.1%)	8,760 → 8,499 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$80,910 → $91,219 (+12.7%)	$50,067 → $60,114 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$182,700 → $241,300 (+32.1%)	$109,900 → $141,300 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,006 → $948 (-5.8%)	$833 → $1,097 (+31.7%)

Glenshaw

Population

8,6699,194

Median household income

$80,910$91,219

Median home value

$182,700$241,300

Median gross rent

$1,006$948

Swissvale

Population

8,7608,499

Median household income

$50,067$60,114

Median home value

$109,900$141,300

Median gross rent

$833$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
Under 5	5.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.1%	19.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	15.4%	11.3%
75 and over	10.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	58.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	27.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
No high school diploma	2.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	24.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.1%	18.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
Drove alone	74.8%	49.9%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.7%
Public transit	1.1%	14.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.0%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
1-unit, detached	95.0%	46.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	14.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenshaw	Swissvale
Poverty rate	4.3%	13.1%
Average household size	2.49	1.89
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1959	1941