Defiance vs Earlston

A side-by-side comparison of Defiance and Earlston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Earlston has the higher population (1,145 vs 335 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $69,766 in Earlston). Earlston has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Earlston
Population	335	1,145
Median age	32.1 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$69,766
Median home value	$89,500	$157,200
Median gross rent	—	$708
Housing units	96	509
Homeownership rate	84.7%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Earlston
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	1,241 → 1,145 (-7.7%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	$51,316 → $69,766 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	$97,400 → $157,200 (+61.4%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	$635 → $708 (+11.5%)

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Earlston

Population

1,2411,145

Median household income

$51,316$69,766

Median home value

$97,400$157,200

Median gross rent

$635$708

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Earlston
Under 5	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	3.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	7.2%	19.2%
55 to 64	26.9%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.7%	4.6%
75 and over	2.1%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Earlston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Earlston
No high school diploma	4.2%	9.7%
High school graduate	59.2%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Earlston
Drove alone	92.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Earlston
1-unit, detached	87.5%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	18.1%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Earlston
Poverty rate	3.1%	8.2%
Average household size	3.94	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1938	1964