Avalon vs Tarentum

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

Avalon and Tarentum 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 4,286 in Tarentum). Avalon has the higher median household income ($51,156 vs $42,453 in Tarentum). Avalon has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $76,200 in Tarentum).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Tarentum
Population	4,689	4,286
Median age	44.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,156	$42,453
Median home value	$154,200	$76,200
Median gross rent	$917	$732
Housing units	2,906	2,278
Homeownership rate	40.8%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Tarentum
Population	4,584 → 4,689 (+2.3%)	4,413 → 4,286 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,939 → $51,156 (+16.4%)	$33,970 → $42,453 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $154,200 (+38.4%)	$59,300 → $76,200 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$585 → $732 (+25.1%)

Avalon

Population

4,5844,689

Median household income

$43,939$51,156

Median home value

$111,400$154,200

Median gross rent

$766$917

Tarentum

Population

4,4134,286

Median household income

$33,970$42,453

Median home value

$59,300$76,200

Median gross rent

$585$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Tarentum
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	19.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	12.9%
75 and over	12.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Tarentum
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	88.3%
Black or African American	12.3%	6.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Tarentum
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Tarentum
Drove alone	60.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.9%
Public transit	5.3%	3.1%
Walked	5.1%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	2.9%
Other means	3.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Tarentum
1-unit, detached	36.2%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	7.8%
20 or more units	30.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Tarentum
Poverty rate	13.8%	19.7%
Average household size	1.75	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1952	1938