Rankin vs West Homestead

A side-by-side comparison of Rankin and West Homestead: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Homestead has the higher population (1,870 vs 1,729 in Rankin). West Homestead has the higher median household income ($81,477 vs $29,783 in Rankin). West Homestead has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $84,400 in Rankin).

Population, income & housing

	Rankin	West Homestead
Population	1,729	1,870
Median age	35.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$29,783	$81,477
Median home value	$84,400	$159,000
Median gross rent	$548	$1,041
Housing units	899	953
Homeownership rate	34.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rankin	West Homestead
Population	2,068 → 1,729 (-16.4%)	1,782 → 1,870 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$34,091 → $29,783 (-12.6%)	$53,106 → $81,477 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $84,400 (+71.9%)	$110,200 → $159,000 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $548 (-10.6%)	$872 → $1,041 (+19.4%)

Rankin

Population

2,0681,729

Median household income

$34,091$29,783

Median home value

$49,100$84,400

Median gross rent

$613$548

West Homestead

Population

1,7821,870

Median household income

$53,106$81,477

Median home value

$110,200$159,000

Median gross rent

$872$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rankin	West Homestead
Under 5	14.3%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.6%	11.8%
18 to 24	15.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	22.9%
35 to 44	15.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.1%	7.7%
75 and over	7.6%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rankin	West Homestead
White (non-Hispanic)	19.4%	73.6%
Black or African American	64.4%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rankin	West Homestead
No high school diploma	11.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	46.2%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rankin	West Homestead
Drove alone	40.5%	67.2%
Carpooled	17.5%	6.4%
Public transit	32.5%	6.2%
Walked	1.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	16.6%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rankin	West Homestead
1-unit, detached	34.4%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	5.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Rankin	West Homestead
Poverty rate	32.6%	7.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1950	1957