Cherry Valley vs Petrolia

A side-by-side comparison of Cherry Valley and Petrolia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Petrolia has the higher population (163 vs 67 in Cherry Valley). Cherry Valley has the higher median household income ($50,125 vs $50,000 in Petrolia). Cherry Valley has the higher median home value ($196,900 vs $93,300 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
Population	67	163
Median age	62.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,125	$50,000
Median home value	$196,900	$93,300
Median gross rent	—	$956
Housing units	40	104
Homeownership rate	60.0%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
Population	68 → 67 (-1.5%)	152 → 163 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$42,500 → $50,125 (+17.9%)	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $196,900 (-12.5%)	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)

Cherry Valley

Population

6867

Median household income

$42,500$50,125

Median home value

$225,000$196,900

Petrolia

Population

152163

Median household income

$43,036$50,000

Median home value

$61,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$750$956

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
Under 5	3.0%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	10.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	1.5%	21.5%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.3%
55 to 64	29.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	20.9%	21.5%
75 and over	11.9%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	99.4%
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%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
No high school diploma	1.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	63.8%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
Drove alone	79.2%	80.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	90.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	10.0%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Cherry Valley	Petrolia
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.3%
Average household size	1.91	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1957	1953