Defiance vs Stonerstown

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

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

Stonerstown has the higher population (404 vs 335 in Defiance). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $60,938 in Stonerstown). Stonerstown has the higher median home value ($131,100 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Stonerstown
Population	335	404
Median age	32.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$60,938
Median home value	$89,500	$131,100
Housing units	96	209
Homeownership rate	84.7%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Stonerstown
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	382 → 404 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	$35,833 → $60,938 (+70.1%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	$100,300 → $131,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	$692 → $738 (+6.6%)

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Stonerstown

Population

382404

Median household income

$35,833$60,938

Median home value

$100,300$131,100

Median gross rent

$692$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Stonerstown
Under 5	9.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	18.2%	10.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.2%	7.7%
55 to 64	26.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	8.9%
75 and over	2.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Stonerstown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.8%
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%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Defiance	Stonerstown
No high school diploma	4.2%	7.7%
High school graduate	59.2%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Stonerstown
Drove alone	92.5%	64.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	18.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Stonerstown
1-unit, detached	87.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	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	8.3%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Stonerstown
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.9%
Average household size	3.94	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1938	1960