Cove Forge vs Skelp

A side-by-side comparison of Cove Forge and Skelp: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cove Forge has the higher population (139 vs 130 in Skelp). Since 2019, Skelp's population has grown faster (-4.4% vs -64.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cove Forge	Skelp
Population	139	130
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$90,179
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	17	52
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	49.4%
Unemployment rate	50.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cove Forge	Skelp
Population	390 → 139 (-64.4%)	136 → 130 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$53,611 → $61,042 (+13.9%)	$73,750 → $90,179 (+22.3%)
Median home value	—	$162,500 → $182,100 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$586 → $850 (+45.1%)

Cove Forge

Population

390139

Median household income

$53,611$61,042

Skelp

Population

136130

Median household income

$73,750$90,179

Median home value

$162,500$182,100

Median gross rent

$586$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cove Forge	Skelp
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	28.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	32.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	43.2%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.5%
65 to 74	5.0%	7.7%
75 and over	1.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cove Forge	Skelp
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	92.3%
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%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cove Forge	Skelp
No high school diploma	36.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	45.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cove Forge	Skelp
Drove alone	81.8%	47.7%
Carpooled	18.2%	32.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cove Forge	Skelp
1-unit, detached	41.2%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
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	58.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cove Forge	Skelp
Poverty rate	50.4%	5.4%
Average household size	1.86	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1982	1947