Defiance vs Wood

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

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

Defiance has the higher population (335 vs 306 in Wood). Defiance has the higher median household income ($87,986 vs $63,977 in Wood). Wood has the higher median home value ($123,500 vs $89,500 in Defiance).

Population, income & housing

	Defiance	Wood
Population	335	306
Median age	32.1 yrs	20.9 yrs
Median household income	$87,986	$63,977
Median home value	$89,500	$123,500
Housing units	96	96
Homeownership rate	84.7%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	20.8%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Defiance	Wood
Population	346 → 335 (-3.2%)	—
Median household income	$54,375 → $87,986 (+61.8%)	—
Median home value	$87,900 → $89,500 (+1.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$780 → $780 (+0.0%)	—

Defiance

Population

346335

Median household income

$54,375$87,986

Median home value

$87,900$89,500

Median gross rent

$780$780

Wood

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Defiance	Wood
Under 5	9.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	38.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	18.2%	3.9%
35 to 44	3.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	7.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	26.9%	4.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.2%
75 and over	2.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Defiance	Wood
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+

	Defiance	Wood
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.7%
High school graduate	59.2%	61.0%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Defiance	Wood
Drove alone	92.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Defiance	Wood
1-unit, detached	87.5%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	12.5%
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%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Defiance	Wood
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.6%
Average household size	3.94	3.60
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1938	1938