Buena Vista vs Thornburg

A side-by-side comparison of Buena Vista and Thornburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thornburg has the higher population (444 vs 314 in Buena Vista). Thornburg has the higher median household income ($220,625 vs $35,500 in Buena Vista). Thornburg has the higher median home value ($426,400 vs $47,400 in Buena Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
Population	314	444
Median age	64.3 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$35,500	$220,625
Median home value	$47,400	$426,400
Housing units	128	151
Homeownership rate	86.7%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	75.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
Population	—	443 → 444 (+0.2%)
Median household income	—	$166,250 → $220,625 (+32.7%)
Median home value	—	$322,500 → $426,400 (+32.2%)

Buena Vista

Thornburg

Population

443444

Median household income

$166,250$220,625

Median home value

$322,500$426,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
Under 5	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.8%	18.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	57.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	3.8%	13.7%
75 and over	13.1%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	57.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.2%
High school graduate	85.0%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	15.0%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	33.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	41.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
Drove alone	100.0%	60.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	34.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
1-unit, detached	48.4%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	31.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buena Vista	Thornburg
Poverty rate	8.3%	0.7%
Average household size	2.45	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1951	1953