Claysburg vs Duncansville

A side-by-side comparison of Claysburg and Duncansville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duncansville has the higher population (1,145 vs 1,120 in Claysburg). Duncansville has the higher median household income ($58,828 vs $54,453 in Claysburg). Claysburg has the higher median home value ($146,300 vs $132,000 in Duncansville).

Population, income & housing

	Claysburg	Duncansville
Population	1,120	1,145
Median age	44.4 yrs	45.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,453	$58,828
Median home value	$146,300	$132,000
Median gross rent	$835	$824
Housing units	455	576
Homeownership rate	62.2%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	9.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claysburg	Duncansville
Population	1,337 → 1,120 (-16.2%)	1,161 → 1,145 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$37,625 → $54,453 (+44.7%)	$50,563 → $58,828 (+16.3%)
Median home value	$109,300 → $146,300 (+33.9%)	$117,000 → $132,000 (+12.8%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $835 (+13.0%)	$808 → $824 (+2.0%)

Claysburg

Population

1,3371,120

Median household income

$37,625$54,453

Median home value

$109,300$146,300

Median gross rent

$739$835

Duncansville

Population

1,1611,145

Median household income

$50,563$58,828

Median home value

$117,000$132,000

Median gross rent

$808$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claysburg	Duncansville
Under 5	1.5%	4.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	13.7%
18 to 24	2.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	14.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	23.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	17.2%
75 and over	7.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claysburg	Duncansville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claysburg	Duncansville
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.9%	55.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claysburg	Duncansville
Drove alone	83.7%	85.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claysburg	Duncansville
1-unit, detached	53.6%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	17.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Claysburg	Duncansville
Poverty rate	17.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.93	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1956	1958