Orchard Hills vs West Hills

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

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

Orchard Hills has the higher population (1,686 vs 1,522 in West Hills). West Hills has the higher median household income ($93,851 vs $60,556 in Orchard Hills). West Hills has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $110,900 in Orchard Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
Population	1,686	1,522
Median age	54.5 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,556	$93,851
Median home value	$110,900	$213,800
Median gross rent	$1,030	—
Housing units	783	749
Homeownership rate	71.8%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
Population	2,294 → 1,686 (-26.5%)	1,085 → 1,522 (+40.3%)
Median household income	$50,349 → $60,556 (+20.3%)	$60,613 → $93,851 (+54.8%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $110,900 (+26.3%)	$165,900 → $213,800 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $1,030 (+49.3%)	$742 → $744 (+0.3%)

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

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)

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
Under 5	0.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	8.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	6.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.1%
55 to 64	22.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.6%	30.4%
75 and over	14.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
No high school diploma	11.4%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.1%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	19.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
Drove alone	84.2%	89.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
1-unit, detached	70.8%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orchard Hills	West Hills
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	34	19
Median year structure built	1970	1976