Ferndale vs Gallitzin

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Gallitzin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ferndale has the higher population (1,537 vs 1,460 in Gallitzin). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($56,951 vs $56,600 in Gallitzin). Gallitzin has the higher median home value ($88,300 vs $81,600 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
Population	1,537	1,460
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,951	$56,600
Median home value	$81,600	$88,300
Median gross rent	$836	$691
Housing units	768	718
Homeownership rate	66.1%	84.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
Population	1,565 → 1,537 (-1.8%)	1,592 → 1,460 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$42,647 → $56,951 (+33.5%)	$44,063 → $56,600 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $81,600 (+23.3%)	$80,000 → $88,300 (+10.4%)
Median gross rent	$652 → $836 (+28.2%)	$658 → $691 (+5.0%)

Ferndale

Population

1,5651,537

Median household income

$42,647$56,951

Median home value

$66,200$81,600

Median gross rent

$652$836

Gallitzin

Population

1,5921,460

Median household income

$44,063$56,600

Median home value

$80,000$88,300

Median gross rent

$658$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
Under 5	7.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	12.0%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.3%	13.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	94.5%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
No high school diploma	3.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	45.5%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
Drove alone	77.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	7.6%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.3%
Other means	2.2%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
1-unit, detached	72.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	15.4%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Gallitzin
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.6%
Average household size	2.29	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1947	1945