Greensburg vs New Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Greensburg and New Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greensburg has the higher population (14,777 vs 12,072 in New Kensington). Greensburg has the higher median household income ($62,977 vs $49,644 in New Kensington). Greensburg has the higher median home value ($177,000 vs $132,400 in New Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Greensburg	New Kensington
Population	14,777	12,072
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,977	$49,644
Median home value	$177,000	$132,400
Median gross rent	$829	$694
Housing units	7,204	7,013
Homeownership rate	54.1%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensburg	New Kensington
Population	14,290 → 14,777 (+3.4%)	12,468 → 12,072 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$42,058 → $62,977 (+49.7%)	$42,264 → $49,644 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$134,000 → $177,000 (+32.1%)	$104,100 → $132,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $829 (+26.4%)	$606 → $694 (+14.5%)

Greensburg

Population

14,29014,777

Median household income

$42,058$62,977

Median home value

$134,000$177,000

Median gross rent

$656$829

New Kensington

Population

12,46812,072

Median household income

$42,264$49,644

Median home value

$104,100$132,400

Median gross rent

$606$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensburg	New Kensington
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	14.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	20.4%
65 to 74	12.2%	14.1%
75 and over	9.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensburg	New Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	81.7%
Black or African American	3.1%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensburg	New Kensington
No high school diploma	3.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	28.1%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensburg	New Kensington
Drove alone	81.5%	72.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	13.2%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	3.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	10.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensburg	New Kensington
1-unit, detached	55.2%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Greensburg	New Kensington
Poverty rate	14.0%	16.9%
Average household size	2.00	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1959	1953