Ambridge Heights vs Freedom

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

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

Freedom has the higher population (1,566 vs 1,394 in Ambridge Heights). Ambridge Heights has the higher median household income ($72,574 vs $71,406 in Freedom). Ambridge Heights has the higher median home value ($163,800 vs $101,900 in Freedom).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
Population	1,394	1,566
Median age	48.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$72,574	$71,406
Median home value	$163,800	$101,900
Median gross rent	$597	$929
Housing units	654	757
Homeownership rate	94.4%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
Population	—	1,532 → 1,566 (+2.2%)
Median household income	—	$46,406 → $71,406 (+53.9%)
Median home value	—	$75,800 → $101,900 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$610 → $929 (+52.3%)

Ambridge Heights

Freedom

Population

1,5321,566

Median household income

$46,406$71,406

Median home value

$75,800$101,900

Median gross rent

$610$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
Under 5	4.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	10.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	15.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	12.8%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	9.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.8%	9.3%
75 and over	10.3%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	89.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
No high school diploma	1.6%	8.4%
High school graduate	39.1%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
Drove alone	85.1%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	15.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
1-unit, detached	95.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge Heights	Freedom
Poverty rate	2.1%	21.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1954	1941