Sewickley vs Tarentum

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

Sewickley 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 3,850 in Sewickley). Sewickley has the higher median household income ($94,828 vs $42,453 in Tarentum). Sewickley has the higher median home value ($449,700 vs $76,200 in Tarentum).

Population, income & housing

	Sewickley	Tarentum
Population	3,850	4,286
Median age	38.9 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,828	$42,453
Median home value	$449,700	$76,200
Median gross rent	$961	$732
Housing units	1,865	2,278
Homeownership rate	69.4%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.1%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sewickley	Tarentum
Population	3,829 → 3,850 (+0.5%)	4,413 → 4,286 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$63,475 → $94,828 (+49.4%)	$33,970 → $42,453 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$343,300 → $449,700 (+31.0%)	$59,300 → $76,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$865 → $961 (+11.1%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Sewickley

Population

3,8293,850

Median household income

$63,475$94,828

Median home value

$343,300$449,700

Median gross rent

$865$961

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)

	Sewickley	Tarentum
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	7.2%	12.9%
75 and over	11.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sewickley	Tarentum
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	88.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sewickley	Tarentum
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	14.1%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sewickley	Tarentum
Drove alone	52.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.9%	3.1%
Walked	13.7%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.0%
Worked from home	29.7%	2.9%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sewickley	Tarentum
1-unit, detached	60.5%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.5%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Sewickley	Tarentum
Poverty rate	7.0%	19.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938