Ambridge vs Economy

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

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

Economy has the higher population (9,042 vs 6,912 in Ambridge). Economy has the higher median household income ($94,430 vs $50,978 in Ambridge). Economy has the higher median home value ($244,700 vs $94,000 in Ambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge	Economy
Population	6,912	9,042
Median age	42.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,978	$94,430
Median home value	$94,000	$244,700
Median gross rent	$910	$907
Housing units	3,855	3,959
Homeownership rate	46.1%	93.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	38.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge	Economy
Population	6,707 → 6,912 (+3.1%)	9,182 → 9,042 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$41,377 → $50,978 (+23.2%)	$81,938 → $94,430 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $94,000 (+31.7%)	$183,100 → $244,700 (+33.6%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $910 (+30.6%)	$700 → $907 (+29.6%)

Ambridge

Population

6,7076,912

Median household income

$41,377$50,978

Median home value

$71,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$697$910

Economy

Population

9,1829,042

Median household income

$81,938$94,430

Median home value

$183,100$244,700

Median gross rent

$700$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ambridge	Economy
Under 5	3.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.9%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	16.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	18.7%
75 and over	5.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge	Economy
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	93.9%
Black or African American	13.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge	Economy
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	15.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge	Economy
Drove alone	71.8%	77.2%
Carpooled	11.3%	5.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	15.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge	Economy
1-unit, detached	59.7%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge	Economy
Poverty rate	15.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.16	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1938	1972