Ford City vs Orchard Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Ford City and Orchard Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ford City has the higher population (2,833 vs 1,686 in Orchard Hills). Orchard Hills has the higher median household income ($60,556 vs $56,451 in Ford City). Orchard Hills has the higher median home value ($110,900 vs $78,600 in Ford City).

Population, income & housing

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
Population	2,833	1,686
Median age	42.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,451	$60,556
Median home value	$78,600	$110,900
Median gross rent	$842	$1,030
Housing units	1,714	783
Homeownership rate	69.0%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.0%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
Population	2,807 → 2,833 (+0.9%)	2,294 → 1,686 (-26.5%)
Median household income	$37,549 → $56,451 (+50.3%)	$50,349 → $60,556 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$56,200 → $78,600 (+39.9%)	$87,800 → $110,900 (+26.3%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $842 (+28.4%)	$690 → $1,030 (+49.3%)

Ford City

Population

2,8072,833

Median household income

$37,549$56,451

Median home value

$56,200$78,600

Median gross rent

$656$842

Orchard Hills

Population

2,2941,686

Median household income

$50,349$60,556

Median home value

$87,800$110,900

Median gross rent

$690$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
Under 5	3.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	14.9%	8.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.8%	22.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.6%
75 and over	12.3%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	1.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
No high school diploma	5.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	50.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
Drove alone	78.9%	84.2%
Carpooled	11.1%	13.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
1-unit, detached	62.0%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	26.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	29.2%

Poverty & households

	Ford City	Orchard Hills
Poverty rate	14.6%	11.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1938	1970