Kirkwood vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Kirkwood and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (577 vs 503 in Kirkwood). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($77,976 vs $56,477 in Kirkwood). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($310,900 vs $298,200 in Kirkwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
Population	503	577
Median age	24.4 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,477	$77,976
Median home value	$298,200	$310,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,643
Housing units	113	182
Homeownership rate	78.8%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
Population	411 → 503 (+22.4%)	571 → 577 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$66,667 → $56,477 (-15.3%)	$66,806 → $77,976 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$262,100 → $298,200 (+13.8%)	$236,200 → $310,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,075 → $1,643 (+52.8%)

Kirkwood

Population

411503

Median household income

$66,667$56,477

Median home value

$262,100$298,200

Wakefield

Population

571577

Median household income

$66,806$77,976

Median home value

$236,200$310,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
Under 5	12.1%	11.4%
5 to 17	26.0%	17.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	13.5%
25 to 34	3.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	5.2%	8.3%
65 to 74	0.8%	11.1%
75 and over	14.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
No high school diploma	33.2%	31.1%
High school graduate	25.2%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
Drove alone	61.5%	61.5%
Carpooled	24.4%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	10.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	85.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Wakefield
Poverty rate	45.7%	6.8%
Average household size	4.45	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1951	1978