Applewold vs Elderton

A side-by-side comparison of Applewold and Elderton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Applewold has the higher population (328 vs 283 in Elderton). Elderton has the higher median household income ($59,375 vs $50,536 in Applewold). Applewold has the higher median home value ($190,000 vs $120,800 in Elderton).

Population, income & housing

	Applewold	Elderton
Population	328	283
Median age	40.8 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,536	$59,375
Median home value	$190,000	$120,800
Median gross rent	$869	$736
Housing units	223	166
Homeownership rate	53.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Applewold	Elderton
Population	315 → 328 (+4.1%)	373 → 283 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $50,536 (+3.7%)	$60,536 → $59,375 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$115,600 → $190,000 (+64.4%)	$114,600 → $120,800 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	$788 → $736 (-6.6%)

Applewold

Population

315328

Median household income

$48,750$50,536

Median home value

$115,600$190,000

Median gross rent

$688$869

Elderton

Population

373283

Median household income

$60,536$59,375

Median home value

$114,600$120,800

Median gross rent

$788$736

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Applewold	Elderton
Under 5	3.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	5.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.1%	26.5%
75 and over	13.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Applewold	Elderton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Applewold	Elderton
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.1%	69.8%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Applewold	Elderton
Drove alone	90.1%	90.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Applewold	Elderton
1-unit, detached	67.3%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	14.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Applewold	Elderton
Poverty rate	16.5%	20.8%
Average household size	1.87	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1945	1963