Lower Burrell vs New Kensington

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

Lower Burrell 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 11,659 in Lower Burrell). Lower Burrell has the higher median household income ($81,860 vs $49,644 in New Kensington). Lower Burrell has the higher median home value ($189,700 vs $132,400 in New Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
Population	11,659	12,072
Median age	47.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,860	$49,644
Median home value	$189,700	$132,400
Median gross rent	$876	$694
Housing units	5,280	7,013
Homeownership rate	85.3%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
Population	11,229 → 11,659 (+3.8%)	12,468 → 12,072 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$64,696 → $81,860 (+26.5%)	$42,264 → $49,644 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $189,700 (+31.9%)	$104,100 → $132,400 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$752 → $876 (+16.5%)	$606 → $694 (+14.5%)

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

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)

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
Under 5	5.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	10.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	14.1%	14.1%
75 and over	11.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
Drove alone	80.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	13.2%
Public transit	0.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	10.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
1-unit, detached	83.5%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.8%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lower Burrell	New Kensington
Poverty rate	7.5%	16.9%
Average household size	2.24	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1963	1953