Ford City vs West Hills

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

Ford City and West Hills 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 1,522 in West Hills). West Hills has the higher median household income ($93,851 vs $56,451 in Ford City). West Hills has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $78,600 in Ford City).

Population, income & housing

	Ford City	West Hills
Population	2,833	1,522
Median age	42.6 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,451	$93,851
Median home value	$78,600	$213,800
Median gross rent	$842	—
Housing units	1,714	749
Homeownership rate	69.0%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford City	West Hills
Population	2,807 → 2,833 (+0.9%)	1,085 → 1,522 (+40.3%)
Median household income	$37,549 → $56,451 (+50.3%)	$60,613 → $93,851 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$56,200 → $78,600 (+39.9%)	$165,900 → $213,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $842 (+28.4%)	$742 → $744 (+0.3%)

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

West Hills

Population

1,0851,522

Median household income

$60,613$93,851

Median home value

$165,900$213,800

Median gross rent

$742$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford City	West Hills
Under 5	3.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	30.4%
75 and over	12.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford City	West Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	1.4%
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	West Hills
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford City	West Hills
Drove alone	78.9%	89.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford City	West Hills
1-unit, detached	62.0%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ford City	West Hills
Poverty rate	14.6%	12.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1938	1976