Dormont vs White Oak

A side-by-side comparison of Dormont and White Oak: population, income, housing, and more.

Dormont and White Oak are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dormont has the higher population (8,120 vs 7,520 in White Oak). Dormont has the higher median household income ($77,226 vs $64,838 in White Oak). Dormont has the higher median home value ($204,800 vs $145,000 in White Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Dormont	White Oak
Population	8,120	7,520
Median age	37.4 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$77,226	$64,838
Median home value	$204,800	$145,000
Median gross rent	$1,049	$999
Housing units	4,397	3,867
Homeownership rate	57.9%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.8%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dormont	White Oak
Population	8,373 → 8,120 (-3.0%)	7,540 → 7,520 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $77,226 (+19.4%)	$59,514 → $64,838 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $204,800 (+38.8%)	$107,000 → $145,000 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$860 → $1,049 (+22.0%)	$808 → $999 (+23.6%)

Dormont

Population

8,3738,120

Median household income

$64,688$77,226

Median home value

$147,500$204,800

Median gross rent

$860$1,049

White Oak

Population

7,5407,520

Median household income

$59,514$64,838

Median home value

$107,000$145,000

Median gross rent

$808$999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dormont	White Oak
Under 5	5.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	21.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	16.9%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	19.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	15.5%
75 and over	4.4%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dormont	White Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	92.7%
Black or African American	5.9%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dormont	White Oak
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	21.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dormont	White Oak
Drove alone	52.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	5.9%
Public transit	11.0%	1.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.7%	18.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dormont	White Oak
1-unit, detached	57.4%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	12.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Dormont	White Oak
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.03	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1956