Leechburg vs West Kittanning

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

Leechburg and West Kittanning 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 1,309 in West Kittanning). West Kittanning has the higher median household income ($59,414 vs $54,886 in Leechburg). West Kittanning has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $94,300 in Leechburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
Population	2,052	1,309
Median age	39.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$54,886	$59,414
Median home value	$94,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$741	$867
Housing units	1,098	633
Homeownership rate	60.3%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
Population	2,095 → 2,052 (-2.1%)	1,191 → 1,309 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$46,298 → $54,886 (+18.5%)	$48,056 → $59,414 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $94,300 (+14.4%)	$104,500 → $118,800 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $741 (+20.5%)	$746 → $867 (+16.2%)

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 Kittanning

Population

1,1911,309

Median household income

$48,056$59,414

Median home value

$104,500$118,800

Median gross rent

$746$867

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
Under 5	9.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	22.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	6.8%	13.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.3%
75 and over	4.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	93.0%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
No high school diploma	3.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	52.9%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
Drove alone	87.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.4%	13.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
1-unit, detached	71.9%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leechburg	West Kittanning
Poverty rate	11.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1943	1949