Aliquippa vs Monaca

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

Aliquippa and Monaca 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 5,557 in Monaca). Monaca has the higher median household income ($64,839 vs $51,050 in Aliquippa). Monaca has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $96,800 in Aliquippa).

Population, income & housing

	Aliquippa	Monaca
Population	9,146	5,557
Median age	48.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,050	$64,839
Median home value	$96,800	$142,100
Median gross rent	$720	$773
Housing units	5,644	2,651
Homeownership rate	62.4%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliquippa	Monaca
Population	9,004 → 9,146 (+1.6%)	5,521 → 5,557 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$31,985 → $51,050 (+59.6%)	$39,974 → $64,839 (+62.2%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $96,800 (+27.7%)	$122,000 → $142,100 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $720 (+12.0%)	$601 → $773 (+28.6%)

Aliquippa

Population

9,0049,146

Median household income

$31,985$51,050

Median home value

$75,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$643$720

Monaca

Population

5,5215,557

Median household income

$39,974$64,839

Median home value

$122,000$142,100

Median gross rent

$601$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliquippa	Monaca
Under 5	2.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.0%
75 and over	10.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliquippa	Monaca
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	87.9%
Black or African American	37.2%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliquippa	Monaca
No high school diploma	8.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	37.8%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliquippa	Monaca
Drove alone	65.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.9%	4.6%
Public transit	6.9%	0.7%
Walked	1.1%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	13.5%
Other means	2.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliquippa	Monaca
1-unit, detached	69.9%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.2%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Aliquippa	Monaca
Poverty rate	19.9%	15.9%
Average household size	1.99	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1946	1951