Farrell vs West Middlesex

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

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

Farrell has the higher population (4,239 vs 1,063 in West Middlesex). West Middlesex has the higher median household income ($82,500 vs $40,405 in Farrell). West Middlesex has the higher median home value ($156,100 vs $76,200 in Farrell).

Population, income & housing

	Farrell	West Middlesex
Population	4,239	1,063
Median age	46.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,405	$82,500
Median home value	$76,200	$156,100
Median gross rent	$832	$792
Housing units	2,249	452
Homeownership rate	60.0%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farrell	West Middlesex
Population	4,682 → 4,239 (-9.5%)	861 → 1,063 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$30,400 → $40,405 (+32.9%)	$46,354 → $82,500 (+78.0%)
Median home value	$55,400 → $76,200 (+37.5%)	$96,600 → $156,100 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $832 (+16.4%)	$641 → $792 (+23.6%)

Farrell

Population

4,6824,239

Median household income

$30,400$40,405

Median home value

$55,400$76,200

Median gross rent

$715$832

West Middlesex

Population

8611,063

Median household income

$46,354$82,500

Median home value

$96,600$156,100

Median gross rent

$641$792

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farrell	West Middlesex
Under 5	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.4%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.2%
25 to 34	3.8%	5.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	26.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	15.2%	10.7%
75 and over	9.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farrell	West Middlesex
White (non-Hispanic)	42.4%	97.7%
Black or African American	49.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farrell	West Middlesex
No high school diploma	11.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farrell	West Middlesex
Drove alone	82.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	12.6%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	6.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farrell	West Middlesex
1-unit, detached	74.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	18.4%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Farrell	West Middlesex
Poverty rate	28.4%	2.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1958	1946