Lower Burrell vs Monessen

A side-by-side comparison of Lower Burrell and Monessen: population, income, housing, and more.

Lower Burrell and Monessen are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lower Burrell has the higher population (11,659 vs 6,825 in Monessen). Lower Burrell has the higher median household income ($81,860 vs $51,094 in Monessen). Lower Burrell has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $87,100 in Monessen).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
Population	11,659	6,825
Median age	47.5 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,860	$51,094
Median home value	$189,700	$87,100
Median gross rent	$876	$678
Housing units	5,280	4,015
Homeownership rate	85.3%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
Population	11,229 → 11,659 (+3.8%)	7,344 → 6,825 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$64,696 → $81,860 (+26.5%)	$43,823 → $51,094 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $189,700 (+31.9%)	$76,300 → $87,100 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $876 (+16.5%)	$674 → $678 (+0.6%)

Lower Burrell

Population

11,22911,659

Median household income

$64,696$81,860

Median home value

$143,800$189,700

Median gross rent

$752$876

Monessen

Population

7,3446,825

Median household income

$43,823$51,094

Median home value

$76,300$87,100

Median gross rent

$674$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
Under 5	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	18.2%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.0%
75 and over	11.2%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	72.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	18.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
Drove alone	80.9%	74.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	10.6%
Public transit	0.6%	3.2%
Walked	1.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.7%
Other means	1.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
1-unit, detached	83.5%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Burrell	Monessen
Poverty rate	7.5%	19.6%
Average household size	2.24	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1963	1952