Bessemer vs West Pittsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bessemer and West Pittsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Pittsburg has the higher population (949 vs 933 in Bessemer). Bessemer has the higher median household income ($63,214 vs $41,841 in West Pittsburg). Bessemer has the higher median home value ($111,700 vs $101,300 in West Pittsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
Population	933	949
Median age	37.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,214	$41,841
Median home value	$111,700	$101,300
Median gross rent	$909	$769
Housing units	421	510
Homeownership rate	80.1%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
Population	1,088 → 933 (-14.2%)	679 → 949 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$63,850 → $63,214 (-1.0%)	$41,667 → $41,841 (+0.4%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $111,700 (+16.6%)	$74,000 → $101,300 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $909 (+33.9%)	$548 → $769 (+40.3%)

Bessemer

Population

1,088933

Median household income

$63,850$63,214

Median home value

$95,800$111,700

Median gross rent

$679$909

West Pittsburg

Population

679949

Median household income

$41,667$41,841

Median home value

$74,000$101,300

Median gross rent

$548$769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
Under 5	4.0%	0.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	21.2%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	5.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.9%
75 and over	8.7%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.2%
High school graduate	53.4%	48.6%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
Drove alone	82.1%	76.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.8%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
1-unit, detached	79.6%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Bessemer	West Pittsburg
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.44	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1954	1961