Burgettstown vs East Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Burgettstown and East Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Washington has the higher population (1,658 vs 1,376 in Burgettstown). East Washington has the higher median household income ($80,556 vs $58,000 in Burgettstown). East Washington has the higher median home value ($249,100 vs $140,800 in Burgettstown).

Population, income & housing

	Burgettstown	East Washington
Population	1,376	1,658
Median age	47.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$80,556
Median home value	$140,800	$249,100
Median gross rent	$738	$918
Housing units	777	886
Homeownership rate	59.1%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	45.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgettstown	East Washington
Population	1,350 → 1,376 (+1.9%)	1,986 → 1,658 (-16.5%)
Median household income	$53,819 → $58,000 (+7.8%)	$75,724 → $80,556 (+6.4%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $140,800 (+18.5%)	$217,700 → $249,100 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $738 (+7.1%)	$761 → $918 (+20.6%)

Burgettstown

Population

1,3501,376

Median household income

$53,819$58,000

Median home value

$118,800$140,800

Median gross rent

$689$738

East Washington

Population

1,9861,658

Median household income

$75,724$80,556

Median home value

$217,700$249,100

Median gross rent

$761$918

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgettstown	East Washington
Under 5	5.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	9.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	18.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.1%
55 to 64	21.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.8%
75 and over	11.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgettstown	East Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgettstown	East Washington
No high school diploma	11.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	41.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	27.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgettstown	East Washington
Drove alone	77.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgettstown	East Washington
1-unit, detached	73.1%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burgettstown	East Washington
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	29	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938