Ambridge vs New Brighton

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

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

Ambridge has the higher population (6,912 vs 5,600 in New Brighton). Ambridge has the higher median household income ($50,978 vs $50,426 in New Brighton). New Brighton has the higher median home value ($104,100 vs $94,000 in Ambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Ambridge	New Brighton
Population	6,912	5,600
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,978	$50,426
Median home value	$94,000	$104,100
Median gross rent	$910	$716
Housing units	3,855	2,972
Homeownership rate	46.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ambridge	New Brighton
Population	6,707 → 6,912 (+3.1%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$41,377 → $50,978 (+23.2%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$71,400 → $94,000 (+31.7%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$697 → $910 (+30.6%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

Ambridge

Population

6,7076,912

Median household income

$41,377$50,978

Median home value

$71,400$94,000

Median gross rent

$697$910

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)

	Ambridge	New Brighton
Under 5	3.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	16.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.6%
75 and over	5.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ambridge	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.4%	77.3%
Black or African American	13.7%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ambridge	New Brighton
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ambridge	New Brighton
Drove alone	71.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	11.3%	10.6%
Public transit	3.5%	2.8%
Walked	4.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ambridge	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	59.7%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	15.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ambridge	New Brighton
Poverty rate	15.6%	18.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938