Collinsburg vs West Leechburg

A side-by-side comparison of Collinsburg and West Leechburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Collinsburg has the higher population (1,278 vs 1,257 in West Leechburg). West Leechburg has the higher median household income ($76,042 vs $57,440 in Collinsburg). West Leechburg has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $132,900 in Collinsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
Population	1,278	1,257
Median age	37.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,440	$76,042
Median home value	$132,900	$165,300
Median gross rent	$1,314	$675
Housing units	637	599
Homeownership rate	79.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
Population	969 → 1,278 (+31.9%)	1,511 → 1,257 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$74,135 → $57,440 (-22.5%)	$58,947 → $76,042 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$103,700 → $132,900 (+28.2%)	$115,200 → $165,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,314 (+45.0%)	$650 → $675 (+3.8%)

Collinsburg

Population

9691,278

Median household income

$74,135$57,440

Median home value

$103,700$132,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,314

West Leechburg

Population

1,5111,257

Median household income

$58,947$76,042

Median home value

$115,200$165,300

Median gross rent

$650$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
Under 5	13.7%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	3.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	18.5%	15.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	17.7%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.1%
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	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.0%
High school graduate	58.8%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	14.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
Drove alone	90.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	6.8%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
1-unit, detached	64.5%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Collinsburg	West Leechburg
Poverty rate	18.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1973	1963