Coaldale vs Rainsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Coaldale and Rainsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rainsburg has the higher population (134 vs 60 in Coaldale). Coaldale has the higher median household income ($63,333 vs $47,083 in Rainsburg). Rainsburg has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $55,000 in Coaldale).

Population, income & housing

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
Population	60	134
Median age	53.5 yrs	20.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,333	$47,083
Median home value	$55,000	$127,500
Median gross rent	$775	$1,250
Housing units	23	69
Homeownership rate	68.2%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
Population	123 → 60 (-51.2%)	70 → 134 (+91.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $63,333 (+87.7%)	$34,167 → $47,083 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$55,300 → $55,000 (-0.5%)	$88,300 → $127,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $775 (+61.5%)	$850 → $1,250 (+47.1%)

Coaldale

Population

12360

Median household income

$33,750$63,333

Median home value

$55,300$55,000

Median gross rent

$480$775

Rainsburg

Population

70134

Median household income

$34,167$47,083

Median home value

$88,300$127,500

Median gross rent

$850$1,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
Under 5	6.7%	12.7%
5 to 17	13.3%	31.3%
18 to 24	1.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	1.7%	8.2%
55 to 64	23.3%	6.7%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.4%
75 and over	11.7%	1.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
No high school diploma	10.6%	22.2%
High school graduate	74.5%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
Drove alone	100.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	10.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
1-unit, detached	87.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Coaldale	Rainsburg
Poverty rate	3.3%	47.8%
Average household size	2.73	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	43	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938