Ford City vs Leechburg

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

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

Ford City has the higher population (2,833 vs 2,052 in Leechburg). Ford City has the higher median household income ($56,451 vs $54,886 in Leechburg). Leechburg has the higher median home value ($94,300 vs $78,600 in Ford City).

Population, income & housing

	Ford City	Leechburg
Population	2,833	2,052
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,451	$54,886
Median home value	$78,600	$94,300
Median gross rent	$842	$741
Housing units	1,714	1,098
Homeownership rate	69.0%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford City	Leechburg
Population	2,807 → 2,833 (+0.9%)	2,095 → 2,052 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$37,549 → $56,451 (+50.3%)	$46,298 → $54,886 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$56,200 → $78,600 (+39.9%)	$82,400 → $94,300 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $842 (+28.4%)	$615 → $741 (+20.5%)

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

Leechburg

Population

2,0952,052

Median household income

$46,298$54,886

Median home value

$82,400$94,300

Median gross rent

$615$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford City	Leechburg
Under 5	3.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	9.9%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	22.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	13.0%
75 and over	12.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford City	Leechburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford City	Leechburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford City	Leechburg
Drove alone	78.9%	87.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	3.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford City	Leechburg
1-unit, detached	62.0%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford City	Leechburg
Poverty rate	14.6%	11.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1938	1943