Emsworth vs Imperial

A side-by-side comparison of Emsworth and Imperial: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emsworth has the higher population (2,458 vs 2,302 in Imperial). Imperial has the higher median household income ($68,314 vs $65,435 in Emsworth). Imperial has the higher median home value ($199,600 vs $177,300 in Emsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Emsworth	Imperial
Population	2,458	2,302
Median age	38.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,435	$68,314
Median home value	$177,300	$199,600
Median gross rent	$993	$861
Housing units	1,167	1,219
Homeownership rate	67.1%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emsworth	Imperial
Population	2,503 → 2,458 (-1.8%)	2,533 → 2,302 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$55,926 → $65,435 (+17.0%)	$59,318 → $68,314 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $177,300 (+30.9%)	$250,600 → $199,600 (-20.4%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $993 (+18.1%)	$802 → $861 (+7.4%)

Emsworth

Population

2,5032,458

Median household income

$55,926$65,435

Median home value

$135,400$177,300

Median gross rent

$841$993

Imperial

Population

2,5332,302

Median household income

$59,318$68,314

Median home value

$250,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$802$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emsworth	Imperial
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.2%
18 to 24	4.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	7.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	27.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emsworth	Imperial
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	93.7%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emsworth	Imperial
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emsworth	Imperial
Drove alone	72.7%	82.7%
Carpooled	3.9%	7.4%
Public transit	3.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emsworth	Imperial
1-unit, detached	66.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	16.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Emsworth	Imperial
Poverty rate	13.0%	2.4%
Average household size	2.18	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1953	1974