Kittanning vs Leechburg

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

Kittanning and Leechburg 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 2,052 in Leechburg). Leechburg has the higher median household income ($54,886 vs $53,996 in Kittanning). Kittanning has the higher median home value ($109,200 vs $94,300 in Leechburg).

Population, income & housing

	Kittanning	Leechburg
Population	3,910	2,052
Median age	42.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,996	$54,886
Median home value	$109,200	$94,300
Median gross rent	$801	$741
Housing units	1,993	1,098
Homeownership rate	45.9%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittanning	Leechburg
Population	3,789 → 3,910 (+3.2%)	2,095 → 2,052 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $53,996 (+65.0%)	$46,298 → $54,886 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $109,200 (+48.0%)	$82,400 → $94,300 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $801 (+31.1%)	$615 → $741 (+20.5%)

Kittanning

Population

3,7893,910

Median household income

$32,730$53,996

Median home value

$73,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$611$801

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)

	Kittanning	Leechburg
Under 5	7.4%	9.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	15.0%	22.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.0%
75 and over	11.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittanning	Leechburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	91.9%
Black or African American	3.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittanning	Leechburg
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	48.6%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittanning	Leechburg
Drove alone	66.7%	87.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	14.5%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittanning	Leechburg
1-unit, detached	52.4%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	5.6%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	12.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kittanning	Leechburg
Poverty rate	23.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.30	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1946	1943