Karns City vs Petrolia

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

Karns City and Petrolia 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 163 in Petrolia). Petrolia has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $49,250 in Karns City). Karns City has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $93,300 in Petrolia).

Population, income & housing

	Karns City	Petrolia
Population	192	163
Median age	39.2 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$50,000
Median home value	$138,500	$93,300
Median gross rent	$917	$956
Housing units	97	104
Homeownership rate	57.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns City	Petrolia
Population	186 → 192 (+3.2%)	152 → 163 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)	$43,036 → $50,000 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)	$61,000 → $93,300 (+53.0%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)	$750 → $956 (+27.5%)

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

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)

	Karns City	Petrolia
Under 5	12.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	10.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	2.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	21.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	20.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	21.5%
75 and over	17.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns City	Petrolia
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	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	2.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns City	Petrolia
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.7%
High school graduate	81.3%	64.4%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns City	Petrolia
Drove alone	71.6%	80.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	1.3%
Other means	14.9%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns City	Petrolia
1-unit, detached	73.2%	89.4%
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%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Karns City	Petrolia
Poverty rate	20.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.29	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1946	1953