Latrobe vs New Kensington

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

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

New Kensington has the higher population (12,072 vs 8,002 in Latrobe). Latrobe has the higher median household income ($55,168 vs $49,644 in New Kensington). Latrobe has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $132,400 in New Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Latrobe	New Kensington
Population	8,002	12,072
Median age	43.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$55,168	$49,644
Median home value	$140,600	$132,400
Median gross rent	$761	$694
Housing units	4,039	7,013
Homeownership rate	67.5%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Latrobe	New Kensington
Population	7,929 → 8,002 (+0.9%)	12,468 → 12,072 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$53,502 → $55,168 (+3.1%)	$42,264 → $49,644 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$117,800 → $140,600 (+19.4%)	$104,100 → $132,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $761 (+24.3%)	$606 → $694 (+14.5%)

Latrobe

Population

7,9298,002

Median household income

$53,502$55,168

Median home value

$117,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$612$761

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)

	Latrobe	New Kensington
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	10.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.1%	10.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.1%
75 and over	7.4%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Latrobe	New Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Latrobe	New Kensington
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	39.1%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Latrobe	New Kensington
Drove alone	74.7%	72.8%
Carpooled	15.2%	13.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	4.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Latrobe	New Kensington
1-unit, detached	68.8%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	6.6%
20 or more units	6.1%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Latrobe	New Kensington
Poverty rate	14.4%	16.9%
Average household size	2.08	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1953	1953