Baden vs New Brighton

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

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

New Brighton has the higher population (5,600 vs 3,867 in Baden). Baden has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $50,426 in New Brighton). Baden has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $104,100 in New Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Baden	New Brighton
Population	3,867	5,600
Median age	46.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$50,426
Median home value	$143,400	$104,100
Median gross rent	$709	$716
Housing units	2,039	2,972
Homeownership rate	73.0%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baden	New Brighton
Population	3,948 → 3,867 (-2.1%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$45,583 → $65,625 (+44.0%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $143,400 (+44.4%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$573 → $709 (+23.7%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

Baden

Population

3,9483,867

Median household income

$45,583$65,625

Median home value

$99,300$143,400

Median gross rent

$573$709

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)

	Baden	New Brighton
Under 5	0.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	18.1%	10.6%
75 and over	10.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baden	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baden	New Brighton
No high school diploma	3.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.6%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baden	New Brighton
Drove alone	78.2%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baden	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	75.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	15.5%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baden	New Brighton
Poverty rate	7.9%	18.7%
Average household size	2.03	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1953	1938