North Apollo vs Rural Valley

A side-by-side comparison of North Apollo and Rural Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

North Apollo and Rural Valley are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Apollo has the higher population (1,184 vs 929 in Rural Valley). Rural Valley has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $64,046 in North Apollo). Rural Valley has the higher median home value ($135,000 vs $130,800 in North Apollo).

Population, income & housing

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
Population	1,184	929
Median age	46.7 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,046	$70,625
Median home value	$130,800	$135,000
Median gross rent	$870	$1,046
Housing units	648	417
Homeownership rate	84.8%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
Population	1,252 → 1,184 (-5.4%)	923 → 929 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $64,046 (+32.7%)	$51,042 → $70,625 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$102,200 → $130,800 (+28.0%)	$96,600 → $135,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $870 (+40.5%)	$670 → $1,046 (+56.1%)

North Apollo

Population

1,2521,184

Median household income

$48,250$64,046

Median home value

$102,200$130,800

Median gross rent

$619$870

Rural Valley

Population

923929

Median household income

$51,042$70,625

Median home value

$96,600$135,000

Median gross rent

$670$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
Under 5	3.2%	2.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.5%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	25.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.9%
75 and over	9.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	96.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
No high school diploma	4.4%	5.5%
High school graduate	55.7%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
Drove alone	84.5%	83.8%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.2%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
1-unit, detached	90.7%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	North Apollo	Rural Valley
Poverty rate	12.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1947	1959