Defiance vs Saxton

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

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

Saxton has the higher population (723 vs 335 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $34,861 in Saxton). Saxton has the higher median home value ($119,600 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Saxton
Population	335	723
Median age	32.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$34,861
Median home value	$89,500	$119,600
Median gross rent	—	$638
Housing units	96	364
Homeownership rate	84.7%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Saxton
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	666 → 723 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	$42,188 → $34,861 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	$91,900 → $119,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	$613 → $638 (+4.1%)

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Saxton

Population

666723

Median household income

$42,188$34,861

Median home value

$91,900$119,600

Median gross rent

$613$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Saxton
Under 5	9.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	18.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	3.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	26.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	10.0%
75 and over	2.1%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Saxton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
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%	1.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Saxton
No high school diploma	4.2%	13.6%
High school graduate	59.2%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Saxton
Drove alone	92.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.8%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Saxton
1-unit, detached	87.5%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Saxton
Poverty rate	3.1%	23.6%
Average household size	3.94	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1938	1946