West Homestead vs Wilmerding

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

West Homestead and Wilmerding 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 1,781 in Wilmerding). West Homestead has the higher median household income ($81,477 vs $37,764 in Wilmerding). West Homestead has the higher median home value ($159,000 vs $65,000 in Wilmerding).

Population, income & housing

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
Population	1,870	1,781
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,477	$37,764
Median home value	$159,000	$65,000
Median gross rent	$1,041	$773
Housing units	953	1,161
Homeownership rate	77.0%	40.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.5%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	17.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
Population	1,782 → 1,870 (+4.9%)	1,860 → 1,781 (-4.2%)
Median household income	$53,106 → $81,477 (+53.4%)	$27,113 → $37,764 (+39.3%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $159,000 (+44.3%)	$53,300 → $65,000 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,041 (+19.4%)	$705 → $773 (+9.6%)

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

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)

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
Under 5	3.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	22.9%	19.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.8%
75 and over	12.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	66.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
No high school diploma	1.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	31.0%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
Drove alone	67.2%	60.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.0%
Public transit	6.2%	15.9%
Walked	2.8%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	12.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
1-unit, detached	79.4%	33.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	23.7%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	14.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	West Homestead	Wilmerding
Poverty rate	7.5%	29.1%
Average household size	2.21	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	25	42
Median year structure built	1957	1941