Ford City vs Kittanning

A side-by-side comparison of Ford City and Kittanning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kittanning has the higher population (3,910 vs 2,833 in Ford City). Ford City has the higher median household income ($56,451 vs $53,996 in Kittanning). Kittanning has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $78,600 in Ford City).

Population, income & housing

	Ford City	Kittanning
Population	2,833	3,910
Median age	42.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,451	$53,996
Median home value	$78,600	$109,200
Median gross rent	$842	$801
Housing units	1,714	1,993
Homeownership rate	69.0%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford City	Kittanning
Population	2,807 → 2,833 (+0.9%)	3,789 → 3,910 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$37,549 → $56,451 (+50.3%)	$32,730 → $53,996 (+65.0%)
Median home value	$56,200 → $78,600 (+39.9%)	$73,800 → $109,200 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $842 (+28.4%)	$611 → $801 (+31.1%)

Ford City

Population

2,8072,833

Median household income

$37,549$56,451

Median home value

$56,200$78,600

Median gross rent

$656$842

Kittanning

Population

3,7893,910

Median household income

$32,730$53,996

Median home value

$73,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$611$801

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford City	Kittanning
Under 5	3.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.5%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.1%	8.5%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.9%
75 and over	12.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford City	Kittanning
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford City	Kittanning
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.2%
High school graduate	50.7%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford City	Kittanning
Drove alone	78.9%	66.7%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.9%
Public transit	0.1%	0.4%
Walked	6.5%	14.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.4%	7.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford City	Kittanning
1-unit, detached	62.0%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	9.7%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	16.1%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	7.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Ford City	Kittanning
Poverty rate	14.6%	23.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1938	1946