Whitehall vs Wilkinsburg

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

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

Whitehall has the higher population (14,863 vs 14,165 in Wilkinsburg). Whitehall has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $48,565 in Wilkinsburg). Whitehall has the higher median home value ($229,200 vs $140,300 in Wilkinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
Population	14,863	14,165
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$48,565
Median home value	$229,200	$140,300
Median gross rent	$909	$978
Housing units	7,079	9,876
Homeownership rate	74.1%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.5%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
Population	13,517 → 14,863 (+10.0%)	15,485 → 14,165 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$66,484 → $85,000 (+27.9%)	$36,743 → $48,565 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $229,200 (+41.0%)	$87,800 → $140,300 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $909 (+16.7%)	$838 → $978 (+16.7%)

Whitehall

Population

13,51714,863

Median household income

$66,484$85,000

Median home value

$162,600$229,200

Median gross rent

$779$909

Wilkinsburg

Population

15,48514,165

Median household income

$36,743$48,565

Median home value

$87,800$140,300

Median gross rent

$838$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
Under 5	7.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	19.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	9.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	11.6%	12.2%
75 and over	12.1%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	37.2%
Black or African American	4.2%	48.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	12.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
Drove alone	69.2%	47.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.8%
Public transit	5.9%	20.8%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.6%	19.8%
Other means	0.9%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
1-unit, detached	63.5%	33.7%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	22.1%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	16.5%
20 or more units	15.7%	15.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Whitehall	Wilkinsburg
Poverty rate	8.2%	20.3%
Average household size	2.17	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1958	1947