Ligonier vs West Leechburg

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

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

Ligonier has the higher population (1,562 vs 1,257 in West Leechburg). West Leechburg has the higher median household income ($76,042 vs $74,420 in Ligonier). Ligonier has the higher median home value ($223,400 vs $165,300 in West Leechburg).

Population, income & housing

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
Population	1,562	1,257
Median age	57.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,420	$76,042
Median home value	$223,400	$165,300
Median gross rent	$777	$675
Housing units	963	599
Homeownership rate	71.8%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
Population	1,405 → 1,562 (+11.2%)	1,511 → 1,257 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $74,420 (+41.8%)	$58,947 → $76,042 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$168,100 → $223,400 (+32.9%)	$115,200 → $165,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$686 → $777 (+13.3%)	$650 → $675 (+3.8%)

Ligonier

Population

1,4051,562

Median household income

$52,500$74,420

Median home value

$168,100$223,400

Median gross rent

$686$777

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)

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
Under 5	2.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	10.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.7%
65 to 74	23.8%	17.7%
75 and over	11.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.0%
High school graduate	19.2%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.4%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
Drove alone	58.2%	71.1%
Carpooled	16.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	20.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
1-unit, detached	65.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ligonier	West Leechburg
Poverty rate	5.4%	3.0%
Average household size	1.93	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1950	1963