Ebensburg vs Geistown

A side-by-side comparison of Ebensburg and Geistown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ebensburg has the higher population (3,381 vs 2,512 in Geistown). Geistown has the higher median household income ($67,972 vs $55,735 in Ebensburg). Ebensburg has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $148,700 in Geistown).

Population, income & housing

	Ebensburg	Geistown
Population	3,381	2,512
Median age	40.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,735	$67,972
Median home value	$157,500	$148,700
Median gross rent	$855	$816
Housing units	1,801	1,326
Homeownership rate	60.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ebensburg	Geistown
Population	3,122 → 3,381 (+8.3%)	2,390 → 2,512 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$44,556 → $55,735 (+25.1%)	$66,806 → $67,972 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $157,500 (+8.0%)	$122,800 → $148,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$728 → $855 (+17.4%)	$688 → $816 (+18.6%)

Ebensburg

Population

3,1223,381

Median household income

$44,556$55,735

Median home value

$145,900$157,500

Median gross rent

$728$855

Geistown

Population

2,3902,512

Median household income

$66,806$67,972

Median home value

$122,800$148,700

Median gross rent

$688$816

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ebensburg	Geistown
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	13.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	21.7%
75 and over	11.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ebensburg	Geistown
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ebensburg	Geistown
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ebensburg	Geistown
Drove alone	73.2%	69.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ebensburg	Geistown
1-unit, detached	60.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	8.9%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Ebensburg	Geistown
Poverty rate	6.9%	6.8%
Average household size	2.12	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1955	1958