Karns City vs North Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Karns City and North Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Karns City and North Washington are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Karns City has the higher population (192 vs 178 in North Washington). Karns City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $108,800 in North Washington).

Population, income & housing

	Karns City	North Washington
Population	192	178
Median age	39.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	—
Median home value	$138,500	$108,800
Median gross rent	$917	$438
Housing units	97	56
Homeownership rate	57.1%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	23.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns City	North Washington
Population	186 → 192 (+3.2%)	—
Median household income	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)	—
Median home value	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)	—

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

North Washington

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karns City	North Washington
Under 5	12.5%	0.6%
5 to 17	17.7%	32.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.5%	19.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	15.2%
75 and over	17.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns City	North Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.2%
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	2.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns City	North Washington
No high school diploma	4.1%	23.5%
High school graduate	81.3%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	8.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns City	North Washington
Drove alone	71.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns City	North Washington
1-unit, detached	73.2%	94.6%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Karns City	North Washington
Poverty rate	20.3%	30.3%
Average household size	2.29	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1946	1938