Earlston vs Saxton

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

Earlston and Saxton 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 723 in Saxton). Earlston has the higher median household income ($69,766 vs $34,861 in Saxton). Earlston has the higher median home value ($157,200 vs $119,600 in Saxton).

Population, income & housing

	Earlston	Saxton
Population	1,145	723
Median age	48.2 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,766	$34,861
Median home value	$157,200	$119,600
Median gross rent	$708	$638
Housing units	509	364
Homeownership rate	65.8%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlston	Saxton
Population	1,241 → 1,145 (-7.7%)	666 → 723 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$51,316 → $69,766 (+36.0%)	$42,188 → $34,861 (-17.4%)
Median home value	$97,400 → $157,200 (+61.4%)	$91,900 → $119,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $708 (+11.5%)	$613 → $638 (+4.1%)

Earlston

Population

1,2411,145

Median household income

$51,316$69,766

Median home value

$97,400$157,200

Median gross rent

$635$708

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)

	Earlston	Saxton
Under 5	0.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	19.2%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.4%	15.6%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.0%
75 and over	14.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlston	Saxton
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlston	Saxton
No high school diploma	9.7%	13.6%
High school graduate	59.5%	49.7%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	17.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlston	Saxton
Drove alone	82.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlston	Saxton
1-unit, detached	68.2%	45.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.1%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Earlston	Saxton
Poverty rate	8.2%	23.6%
Average household size	2.25	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1964	1946