Rankin vs Wilmerding

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

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

Wilmerding has the higher population (1,781 vs 1,729 in Rankin). Wilmerding has the higher median household income ($37,764 vs $29,783 in Rankin). Rankin has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $65,000 in Wilmerding).

Population, income & housing

	Rankin	Wilmerding
Population	1,729	1,781
Median age	35.9 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,783	$37,764
Median home value	$84,400	$65,000
Median gross rent	$548	$773
Housing units	899	1,161
Homeownership rate	34.4%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rankin	Wilmerding
Population	2,068 → 1,729 (-16.4%)	1,860 → 1,781 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$34,091 → $29,783 (-12.6%)	$27,113 → $37,764 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$49,100 → $84,400 (+71.9%)	$53,300 → $65,000 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $548 (-10.6%)	$705 → $773 (+9.6%)

Rankin

Population

2,0681,729

Median household income

$34,091$29,783

Median home value

$49,100$84,400

Median gross rent

$613$548

Wilmerding

Population

1,8601,781

Median household income

$27,113$37,764

Median home value

$53,300$65,000

Median gross rent

$705$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rankin	Wilmerding
Under 5	14.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	8.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	15.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	7.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	6.1%	9.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rankin	Wilmerding
White (non-Hispanic)	19.4%	66.5%
Black or African American	64.4%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rankin	Wilmerding
No high school diploma	11.9%	13.5%
High school graduate	46.2%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rankin	Wilmerding
Drove alone	40.5%	60.9%
Carpooled	17.5%	5.0%
Public transit	32.5%	15.9%
Walked	1.3%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	12.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rankin	Wilmerding
1-unit, detached	34.4%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	26.6%	14.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Rankin	Wilmerding
Poverty rate	32.6%	29.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1950	1941