Avalon vs Glassport

A side-by-side comparison of Avalon and Glassport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avalon has the higher population (4,689 vs 4,400 in Glassport). Avalon has the higher median household income ($51,156 vs $45,354 in Glassport). Avalon has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $82,400 in Glassport).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Glassport
Population	4,689	4,400
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,156	$45,354
Median home value	$154,200	$82,400
Median gross rent	$917	$844
Housing units	2,906	2,121
Homeownership rate	40.8%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Glassport
Population	4,584 → 4,689 (+2.3%)	4,371 → 4,400 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$43,939 → $51,156 (+16.4%)	$40,823 → $45,354 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $154,200 (+38.4%)	$65,000 → $82,400 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$752 → $844 (+12.2%)

Avalon

Population

4,5844,689

Median household income

$43,939$51,156

Median home value

$111,400$154,200

Median gross rent

$766$917

Glassport

Population

4,3714,400

Median household income

$40,823$45,354

Median home value

$65,000$82,400

Median gross rent

$752$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Glassport
Under 5	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	7.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	16.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.5%
75 and over	12.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Glassport
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	12.3%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Glassport
No high school diploma	4.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	27.7%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Glassport
Drove alone	60.6%	64.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.3%
Public transit	5.3%	9.9%
Walked	5.1%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	4.0%
Other means	3.6%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Glassport
1-unit, detached	36.2%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	11.4%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	30.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Glassport
Poverty rate	13.8%	12.6%
Average household size	1.75	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1952	1948