Burgettstown vs Houston

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

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

Burgettstown has the higher population (1,376 vs 1,219 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($70,550 vs $58,000 in Burgettstown). Houston has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $140,800 in Burgettstown).

Population, income & housing

	Burgettstown	Houston
Population	1,376	1,219
Median age	47.7 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$70,550
Median home value	$140,800	$186,100
Median gross rent	$738	$890
Housing units	777	667
Homeownership rate	59.1%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgettstown	Houston
Population	1,350 → 1,376 (+1.9%)	1,352 → 1,219 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$53,819 → $58,000 (+7.8%)	$52,292 → $70,550 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $140,800 (+18.5%)	$140,500 → $186,100 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $738 (+7.1%)	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)

Burgettstown

Population

1,3501,376

Median household income

$53,819$58,000

Median home value

$118,800$140,800

Median gross rent

$689$738

Houston

Population

1,3521,219

Median household income

$52,292$70,550

Median home value

$140,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$709$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgettstown	Houston
Under 5	5.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.5%	10.6%
75 and over	11.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgettstown	Houston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgettstown	Houston
No high school diploma	11.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	41.7%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgettstown	Houston
Drove alone	77.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	9.4%
Other means	0.5%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgettstown	Houston
1-unit, detached	73.1%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	15.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	1.7%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burgettstown	Houston
Poverty rate	8.2%	17.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	29	19
Median year structure built	1938	1940