Ligonier vs Southwest Greensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Ligonier and Southwest Greensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwest Greensburg has the higher population (1,927 vs 1,562 in Ligonier). Ligonier has the higher median household income ($74,420 vs $63,125 in Southwest Greensburg). Ligonier has the higher median home value ($223,400 vs $163,400 in Southwest Greensburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
Population	1,562	1,927
Median age	57.0 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,420	$63,125
Median home value	$223,400	$163,400
Median gross rent	$777	$927
Housing units	963	1,147
Homeownership rate	71.8%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
Population	1,405 → 1,562 (+11.2%)	2,242 → 1,927 (-14.0%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $74,420 (+41.8%)	$52,784 → $63,125 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $223,400 (+32.9%)	$118,200 → $163,400 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $777 (+13.3%)	$697 → $927 (+33.0%)

Ligonier

Population

1,4051,562

Median household income

$52,500$74,420

Median home value

$168,100$223,400

Median gross rent

$686$777

Southwest Greensburg

Population

2,2421,927

Median household income

$52,784$63,125

Median home value

$118,200$163,400

Median gross rent

$697$927

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
Under 5	2.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	18.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	7.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	19.1%	9.1%
65 to 74	23.8%	11.2%
75 and over	11.2%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
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%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	19.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
Drove alone	58.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	5.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
1-unit, detached	65.8%	67.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ligonier	Southwest Greensburg
Poverty rate	5.4%	7.2%
Average household size	1.93	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1950	1953