West Hills vs West Kittanning

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

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

West Hills has the higher population (1,522 vs 1,309 in West Kittanning). West Hills has the higher median household income ($93,851 vs $59,414 in West Kittanning). West Hills has the higher median home value ($213,800 vs $118,800 in West Kittanning).

Population, income & housing

	West Hills	West Kittanning
Population	1,522	1,309
Median age	56.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$93,851	$59,414
Median home value	$213,800	$118,800
Median gross rent	—	$867
Housing units	749	633
Homeownership rate	88.9%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%	26.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	West Hills	West Kittanning
Population	1,085 → 1,522 (+40.3%)	1,191 → 1,309 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$60,613 → $93,851 (+54.8%)	$48,056 → $59,414 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$165,900 → $213,800 (+28.9%)	$104,500 → $118,800 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $744 (+0.3%)	$746 → $867 (+16.2%)

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

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)

	West Hills	West Kittanning
Under 5	4.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	9.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	30.4%	11.3%
75 and over	8.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	West Hills	West Kittanning
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.4%	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+

	West Hills	West Kittanning
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.8%
High school graduate	42.5%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	West Hills	West Kittanning
Drove alone	89.8%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.7%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	West Hills	West Kittanning
1-unit, detached	83.2%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	West Hills	West Kittanning
Poverty rate	12.0%	7.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1976	1949