Leetsdale vs Whitaker

A side-by-side comparison of Leetsdale and Whitaker: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Whitaker has the higher population (1,168 vs 1,090 in Leetsdale). Leetsdale has the higher median household income ($65,368 vs $62,339 in Whitaker). Leetsdale has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $87,800 in Whitaker).

Population, income & housing

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
Population	1,090	1,168
Median age	44.7 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,368	$62,339
Median home value	$132,700	$87,800
Median gross rent	$963	$1,028
Housing units	616	623
Homeownership rate	53.2%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	12.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
Population	1,189 → 1,090 (-8.3%)	1,148 → 1,168 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$55,333 → $65,368 (+18.1%)	$44,881 → $62,339 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$85,500 → $132,700 (+55.2%)	$68,800 → $87,800 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$832 → $963 (+15.7%)	$829 → $1,028 (+24.0%)

Leetsdale

Population

1,1891,090

Median household income

$55,333$65,368

Median home value

$85,500$132,700

Median gross rent

$832$963

Whitaker

Population

1,1481,168

Median household income

$44,881$62,339

Median home value

$68,800$87,800

Median gross rent

$829$1,028

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
Under 5	3.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.6%	16.9%
35 to 44	20.8%	12.2%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	15.7%	7.6%
75 and over	8.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	68.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	16.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	52.5%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
Drove alone	71.2%	67.0%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.0%
Public transit	6.2%	9.8%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
1-unit, detached	52.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	10.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Leetsdale	Whitaker
Poverty rate	4.0%	25.7%
Average household size	1.88	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1940	1952