Burgettstown vs Speers

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

Burgettstown and Speers 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 1,061 in Speers). Speers has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $58,000 in Burgettstown). Speers has the higher median home value ($153,600 vs $140,800 in Burgettstown).

Population, income & housing

	Burgettstown	Speers
Population	1,376	1,061
Median age	47.7 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$67,292
Median home value	$140,800	$153,600
Median gross rent	$738	$983
Housing units	777	579
Homeownership rate	59.1%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	36.8%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burgettstown	Speers
Population	1,350 → 1,376 (+1.9%)	1,067 → 1,061 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$53,819 → $58,000 (+7.8%)	$70,060 → $67,292 (-4.0%)
Median home value	$118,800 → $140,800 (+18.5%)	$113,200 → $153,600 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$689 → $738 (+7.1%)	$797 → $983 (+23.3%)

Burgettstown

Population

1,3501,376

Median household income

$53,819$58,000

Median home value

$118,800$140,800

Median gross rent

$689$738

Speers

Population

1,0671,061

Median household income

$70,060$67,292

Median home value

$113,200$153,600

Median gross rent

$797$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burgettstown	Speers
Under 5	5.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.5%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	21.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	18.4%
75 and over	11.4%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burgettstown	Speers
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burgettstown	Speers
No high school diploma	11.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	41.7%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burgettstown	Speers
Drove alone	77.9%	86.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burgettstown	Speers
1-unit, detached	73.1%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Burgettstown	Speers
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1938	1952