Jefferson Hills vs Wilkinsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Jefferson Hills and Wilkinsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wilkinsburg has the higher population (14,165 vs 12,313 in Jefferson Hills). Jefferson Hills has the higher median household income ($117,518 vs $48,565 in Wilkinsburg). Jefferson Hills has the higher median home value ($309,600 vs $140,300 in Wilkinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
Population	12,313	14,165
Median age	44.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$117,518	$48,565
Median home value	$309,600	$140,300
Median gross rent	$1,276	$978
Housing units	5,077	9,876
Homeownership rate	85.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
Population	11,200 → 12,313 (+9.9%)	15,485 → 14,165 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$93,140 → $117,518 (+26.2%)	$36,743 → $48,565 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$228,600 → $309,600 (+35.4%)	$87,800 → $140,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,119 → $1,276 (+14.0%)	$838 → $978 (+16.7%)

Jefferson Hills

Population

11,20012,313

Median household income

$93,140$117,518

Median home value

$228,600$309,600

Median gross rent

$1,119$1,276

Wilkinsburg

Population

15,48514,165

Median household income

$36,743$48,565

Median home value

$87,800$140,300

Median gross rent

$838$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
Under 5	4.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	16.5%	10.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	19.9%
35 to 44	15.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	12.2%
75 and over	9.7%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	37.2%
Black or African American	2.7%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
Drove alone	75.7%	47.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	20.8%
Walked	0.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	18.5%	19.8%
Other means	0.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
1-unit, detached	80.7%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	22.1%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	16.5%
20 or more units	1.5%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jefferson Hills	Wilkinsburg
Poverty rate	2.0%	20.3%
Average household size	2.57	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1982	1947