Monaca vs New Brighton

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

Monaca 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 5,557 in Monaca). Monaca has the higher median household income ($64,839 vs $50,426 in New Brighton). Monaca has the higher median home value ($142,100 vs $104,100 in New Brighton).

Population, income & housing

	Monaca	New Brighton
Population	5,557	5,600
Median age	39.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,839	$50,426
Median home value	$142,100	$104,100
Median gross rent	$773	$716
Housing units	2,651	2,972
Homeownership rate	62.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monaca	New Brighton
Population	5,521 → 5,557 (+0.7%)	5,780 → 5,600 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$39,974 → $64,839 (+62.2%)	$37,460 → $50,426 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$122,000 → $142,100 (+16.5%)	$73,100 → $104,100 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $773 (+28.6%)	$649 → $716 (+10.3%)

Monaca

Population

5,5215,557

Median household income

$39,974$64,839

Median home value

$122,000$142,100

Median gross rent

$601$773

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)

	Monaca	New Brighton
Under 5	6.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.6%
75 and over	8.3%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monaca	New Brighton
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monaca	New Brighton
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monaca	New Brighton
Drove alone	78.2%	72.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	10.6%
Public transit	0.7%	2.8%
Walked	2.0%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	13.5%	9.0%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monaca	New Brighton
1-unit, detached	76.4%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	19.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	15.5%
20 or more units	6.2%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monaca	New Brighton
Poverty rate	15.9%	18.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1951	1938