Avalon vs Turtle Creek

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

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

Turtle Creek has the higher population (5,046 vs 4,689 in Avalon). Avalon has the higher median household income ($51,156 vs $44,449 in Turtle Creek). Avalon has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $85,900 in Turtle Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
Population	4,689	5,046
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,156	$44,449
Median home value	$154,200	$85,900
Median gross rent	$917	$718
Housing units	2,906	2,465
Homeownership rate	40.8%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	11.1%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
Population	4,584 → 4,689 (+2.3%)	5,197 → 5,046 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$43,939 → $51,156 (+16.4%)	$33,292 → $44,449 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$111,400 → $154,200 (+38.4%)	$57,100 → $85,900 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $917 (+19.7%)	$552 → $718 (+30.1%)

Avalon

Population

4,5844,689

Median household income

$43,939$51,156

Median home value

$111,400$154,200

Median gross rent

$766$917

Turtle Creek

Population

5,1975,046

Median household income

$33,292$44,449

Median home value

$57,100$85,900

Median gross rent

$552$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
Under 5	3.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	7.5%	11.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	12.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	20.6%
75 and over	12.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	60.3%
Black or African American	12.3%	24.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
No high school diploma	4.0%	15.0%
High school graduate	27.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	5.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
Drove alone	60.6%	59.9%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.9%
Public transit	5.3%	15.2%
Walked	5.1%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	3.7%
Other means	3.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
1-unit, detached	36.2%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	9.5%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	12.1%
20 or more units	30.4%	11.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avalon	Turtle Creek
Poverty rate	13.8%	23.5%
Average household size	1.75	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1952	1943