Leechburg vs West Hills

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

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

Leechburg has the higher population (2,052 vs 1,522 in West Hills). West Hills has the higher median household income ($93,851 vs $54,886 in Leechburg). West Hills has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $94,300 in Leechburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leechburg	West Hills
Population	2,052	1,522
Median age	39.2 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	$93,851
Median home value	$94,300	$213,800
Median gross rent	$741	—
Housing units	1,098	749
Homeownership rate	60.3%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leechburg	West Hills
Population	2,095 → 2,052 (-2.1%)	1,085 → 1,522 (+40.3%)
Median household income	$46,298 → $54,886 (+18.5%)	$60,613 → $93,851 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $94,300 (+14.4%)	$165,900 → $213,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $741 (+20.5%)	$742 → $744 (+0.3%)

Leechburg

Population

2,0952,052

Median household income

$46,298$54,886

Median home value

$82,400$94,300

Median gross rent

$615$741

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)

	Leechburg	West Hills
Under 5	9.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	9.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.6%
25 to 34	22.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.0%	30.4%
75 and over	4.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leechburg	West Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	96.1%
Black or African American	5.5%	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	2.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leechburg	West Hills
No high school diploma	3.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	52.9%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leechburg	West Hills
Drove alone	87.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leechburg	West Hills
1-unit, detached	71.9%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leechburg	West Hills
Poverty rate	11.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1943	1976