McKeesport vs Whitehall

A side-by-side comparison of McKeesport and Whitehall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

McKeesport has the higher population (17,520 vs 14,863 in Whitehall). Whitehall has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $31,854 in McKeesport). Whitehall has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $69,800 in McKeesport).

Population, income & housing

	McKeesport	Whitehall
Population	17,520	14,863
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,854	$85,000
Median home value	$69,800	$229,200
Median gross rent	$786	$909
Housing units	9,638	7,079
Homeownership rate	48.9%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McKeesport	Whitehall
Population	19,225 → 17,520 (-8.9%)	13,517 → 14,863 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$29,094 → $31,854 (+9.5%)	$66,484 → $85,000 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$48,000 → $69,800 (+45.4%)	$162,600 → $229,200 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$634 → $786 (+24.0%)	$779 → $909 (+16.7%)

McKeesport

Population

19,22517,520

Median household income

$29,094$31,854

Median home value

$48,000$69,800

Median gross rent

$634$786

Whitehall

Population

13,51714,863

Median household income

$66,484$85,000

Median home value

$162,600$229,200

Median gross rent

$779$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	McKeesport	Whitehall
Under 5	5.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McKeesport	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	47.0%	80.6%
Black or African American	38.1%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.1%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McKeesport	Whitehall
No high school diploma	14.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	42.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McKeesport	Whitehall
Drove alone	67.3%	69.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	9.9%
Public transit	9.5%	5.9%
Walked	3.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	13.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McKeesport	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	67.5%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	5.8%
20 or more units	9.9%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	McKeesport	Whitehall
Poverty rate	32.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1947	1958