Aliquippa vs Ambridge

A side-by-side comparison of Aliquippa and Ambridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aliquippa has the higher population (9,146 vs 6,912 in Ambridge). Aliquippa has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $50,978 in Ambridge). Aliquippa has the higher median home value ($96,800 vs $94,000 in Ambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
Population	9,146	6,912
Median age	48.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,050	$50,978
Median home value	$96,800	$94,000
Median gross rent	$720	$910
Housing units	5,644	3,855
Homeownership rate	62.4%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
Population	9,004 → 9,146 (+1.6%)	6,707 → 6,912 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$31,985 → $51,050 (+59.6%)	$41,377 → $50,978 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $96,800 (+27.7%)	$71,400 → $94,000 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $720 (+12.0%)	$697 → $910 (+30.6%)

Aliquippa

Population

9,0049,146

Median household income

$31,985$51,050

Median home value

$75,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$643$720

Ambridge

Population

6,7076,912

Median household income

$41,377$50,978

Median home value

$71,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$697$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
Under 5	2.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.3%
75 and over	10.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	72.4%
Black or African American	37.2%	13.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	39.0%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
Drove alone	65.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	10.9%	11.3%
Public transit	6.9%	3.5%
Walked	1.1%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	8.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
1-unit, detached	69.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	8.1%
20 or more units	2.2%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Aliquippa	Ambridge
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.6%
Average household size	1.99	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1946	1938