Farrell vs Hermitage

A side-by-side comparison of Farrell and Hermitage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hermitage has the higher population (16,132 vs 4,239 in Farrell). Hermitage has the higher median household income ($72,464 vs $40,405 in Farrell). Hermitage has the higher median home value ($187,600 vs $76,200 in Farrell).

Population, income & housing

	Farrell	Hermitage
Population	4,239	16,132
Median age	46.4 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$72,464
Median home value	$76,200	$187,600
Median gross rent	$832	$874
Housing units	2,249	7,983
Homeownership rate	60.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farrell	Hermitage
Population	4,682 → 4,239 (-9.5%)	15,693 → 16,132 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$30,400 → $40,405 (+32.9%)	$56,026 → $72,464 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $76,200 (+37.5%)	$149,000 → $187,600 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $832 (+16.4%)	$808 → $874 (+8.2%)

Farrell

Population

4,6824,239

Median household income

$30,400$40,405

Median home value

$55,400$76,200

Median gross rent

$715$832

Hermitage

Population

15,69316,132

Median household income

$56,026$72,464

Median home value

$149,000$187,600

Median gross rent

$808$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farrell	Hermitage
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.8%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.5%
75 and over	9.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farrell	Hermitage
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	49.7%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farrell	Hermitage
No high school diploma	11.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farrell	Hermitage
Drove alone	82.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farrell	Hermitage
1-unit, detached	74.6%	71.7%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	11.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Farrell	Hermitage
Poverty rate	28.4%	10.1%
Average household size	2.00	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1958	1971