West Mifflin vs Whitehall

A side-by-side comparison of West Mifflin and Whitehall: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Mifflin has the higher population (19,338 vs 14,863 in Whitehall). Whitehall has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $70,335 in West Mifflin). Whitehall has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $131,400 in West Mifflin).

Population, income & housing

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
Population	19,338	14,863
Median age	44.7 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,335	$85,000
Median home value	$131,400	$229,200
Median gross rent	$748	$909
Housing units	9,131	7,079
Homeownership rate	78.2%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
Population	19,834 → 19,338 (-2.5%)	13,517 → 14,863 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$52,679 → $70,335 (+33.5%)	$66,484 → $85,000 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $131,400 (+32.7%)	$162,600 → $229,200 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$640 → $748 (+16.9%)	$779 → $909 (+16.7%)

West Mifflin

Population

19,83419,338

Median household income

$52,679$70,335

Median home value

$99,000$131,400

Median gross rent

$640$748

Whitehall

Population

13,51714,863

Median household income

$66,484$85,000

Median home value

$162,600$229,200

Median gross rent

$779$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
Under 5	4.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	11.6%
75 and over	7.9%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.6%
Black or African American	8.6%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.0%	12.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
Drove alone	71.7%	69.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	9.9%
Public transit	5.5%	5.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	13.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
1-unit, detached	78.7%	63.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	5.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	15.7%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	West Mifflin	Whitehall
Poverty rate	11.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.26	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1956	1958