Kittanning vs West Hills

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

Kittanning and West 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 1,522 in West Hills). West Hills has the higher median household income ($93,851 vs $53,996 in Kittanning). West Hills has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $109,200 in Kittanning).

Population, income & housing

	Kittanning	West Hills
Population	3,910	1,522
Median age	42.5 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,996	$93,851
Median home value	$109,200	$213,800
Median gross rent	$801	—
Housing units	1,993	749
Homeownership rate	45.9%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kittanning	West Hills
Population	3,789 → 3,910 (+3.2%)	1,085 → 1,522 (+40.3%)
Median household income	$32,730 → $53,996 (+65.0%)	$60,613 → $93,851 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$73,800 → $109,200 (+48.0%)	$165,900 → $213,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$611 → $801 (+31.1%)	$742 → $744 (+0.3%)

Kittanning

Population

3,7893,910

Median household income

$32,730$53,996

Median home value

$73,800$109,200

Median gross rent

$611$801

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)

	Kittanning	West Hills
Under 5	7.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	8.7%
35 to 44	9.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	30.4%
75 and over	11.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kittanning	West Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	96.1%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kittanning	West Hills
No high school diploma	14.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	48.6%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kittanning	West Hills
Drove alone	66.7%	89.8%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	14.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kittanning	West Hills
1-unit, detached	52.4%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.1%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kittanning	West Hills
Poverty rate	23.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1946	1976