Elderton vs Ford Cliff

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

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

Ford Cliff has the higher population (386 vs 283 in Elderton). Ford Cliff has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $59,375 in Elderton). Elderton has the higher median home value ($120,800 vs $100,000 in Ford Cliff).

Population, income & housing

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
Population	283	386
Median age	61.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,375	$64,750
Median home value	$120,800	$100,000
Median gross rent	$736	$1,313
Housing units	166	179
Homeownership rate	60.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	16.4%
Unemployment rate	14.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
Population	373 → 283 (-24.1%)	424 → 386 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$60,536 → $59,375 (-1.9%)	$43,750 → $64,750 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$114,600 → $120,800 (+5.4%)	$78,600 → $100,000 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $736 (-6.6%)	$732 → $1,313 (+79.4%)

Elderton

Population

373283

Median household income

$60,536$59,375

Median home value

$114,600$120,800

Median gross rent

$788$736

Ford Cliff

Population

424386

Median household income

$43,750$64,750

Median home value

$78,600$100,000

Median gross rent

$732$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
Under 5	2.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	26.5%	11.1%
75 and over	13.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.6%
High school graduate	69.8%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
Drove alone	90.6%	81.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
1-unit, detached	68.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Elderton	Ford Cliff
Poverty rate	20.8%	7.3%
Average household size	1.86	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1963	1952