Aliquippa vs New Brighton

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

Aliquippa and New Brighton 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 5,600 in New Brighton). Aliquippa has the higher median household income ($51,050 vs $50,426 in New Brighton). New Brighton has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $96,800 in Aliquippa).

Population, income & housing

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
Population	9,146	5,600
Median age	48.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$51,050	$50,426
Median home value	$96,800	$104,100
Median gross rent	$720	$716
Housing units	5,644	2,972
Homeownership rate	62.4%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
Population	9,004 → 9,146 (+1.6%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$31,985 → $51,050 (+59.6%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$75,800 → $96,800 (+27.7%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $720 (+12.0%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

Aliquippa

Population

9,0049,146

Median household income

$31,985$51,050

Median home value

$75,800$96,800

Median gross rent

$643$720

New Brighton

Population

5,7805,600

Median household income

$37,460$50,426

Median home value

$73,100$104,100

Median gross rent

$649$716

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
Under 5	2.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.6%
75 and over	10.9%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.8%	77.3%
Black or African American	37.2%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
Drove alone	65.0%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.6%
Public transit	6.9%	2.8%
Walked	1.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.1%	9.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	69.9%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	10.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	2.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aliquippa	New Brighton
Poverty rate	19.9%	18.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1946	1938