North Braddock vs Tarentum

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

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

Tarentum has the higher population (4,286 vs 4,255 in North Braddock). Tarentum has the higher median household income ($42,453 vs $36,563 in North Braddock). Tarentum has the higher median home value ($76,200 vs $53,400 in North Braddock).

Population, income & housing

	North Braddock	Tarentum
Population	4,255	4,286
Median age	49.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,563	$42,453
Median home value	$53,400	$76,200
Median gross rent	$567	$732
Housing units	2,689	2,278
Homeownership rate	53.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	13.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Braddock	Tarentum
Population	4,741 → 4,255 (-10.3%)	4,413 → 4,286 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$32,272 → $36,563 (+13.3%)	$33,970 → $42,453 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$40,700 → $53,400 (+31.2%)	$59,300 → $76,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $567 (-0.4%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

North Braddock

Population

4,7414,255

Median household income

$32,272$36,563

Median home value

$40,700$53,400

Median gross rent

$569$567

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)

	North Braddock	Tarentum
Under 5	2.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	12.9%
75 and over	8.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Braddock	Tarentum
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	88.3%
Black or African American	49.0%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Braddock	Tarentum
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.7%
High school graduate	42.2%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Braddock	Tarentum
Drove alone	57.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.3%	9.9%
Public transit	13.2%	3.1%
Walked	2.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	2.9%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Braddock	Tarentum
1-unit, detached	60.1%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	8.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	North Braddock	Tarentum
Poverty rate	29.3%	19.7%
Average household size	1.88	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1943	1938