Kittanning vs Orchard Hills

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

Kittanning and Orchard Hills 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 1,686 in Orchard Hills). Orchard Hills has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $53,996 in Kittanning). Orchard Hills has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $109,200 in Kittanning).

Population, income & housing

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
Population	3,910	1,686
Median age	42.5 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,996	$60,556
Median home value	$109,200	$110,900
Median gross rent	$801	$1,030
Housing units	1,993	783
Homeownership rate	45.9%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
Population	3,789 → 3,910 (+3.2%)	2,294 → 1,686 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $53,996 (+65.0%)	$50,349 → $60,556 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $109,200 (+48.0%)	$87,800 → $110,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $801 (+31.1%)	$690 → $1,030 (+49.3%)

Kittanning

Population

3,7893,910

Median household income

$32,730$53,996

Median home value

$73,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$611$801

Orchard Hills

Population

2,2941,686

Median household income

$50,349$60,556

Median home value

$87,800$110,900

Median gross rent

$690$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
Under 5	7.4%	0.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.5%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	22.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.6%
75 and over	11.1%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
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%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
No high school diploma	14.2%	11.4%
High school graduate	48.6%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
Drove alone	66.7%	84.2%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	14.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
1-unit, detached	52.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Kittanning	Orchard Hills
Poverty rate	23.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1946	1970