Driftwood vs Emporium

A side-by-side comparison of Driftwood and Emporium: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emporium has the higher population (2,005 vs 43 in Driftwood). Emporium has the higher median household income ($36,167 vs $30,313 in Driftwood). Driftwood has the higher median home value ($98,800 vs $70,800 in Emporium).

Population, income & housing

	Driftwood	Emporium
Population	43	2,005
Median age	65.2 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$30,313	$36,167
Median home value	$98,800	$70,800
Median gross rent	—	$687
Housing units	91	1,193
Homeownership rate	100.0%	50.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Driftwood	Emporium
Population	32 → 43 (+34.4%)	2,056 → 2,005 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$18,438 → $30,313 (+64.4%)	$35,151 → $36,167 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$41,900 → $98,800 (+135.8%)	$64,700 → $70,800 (+9.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$585 → $687 (+17.4%)

Driftwood

Population

3243

Median household income

$18,438$30,313

Median home value

$41,900$98,800

Emporium

Population

2,0562,005

Median household income

$35,151$36,167

Median home value

$64,700$70,800

Median gross rent

$585$687

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Driftwood	Emporium
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	7.0%	12.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	15.8%
55 to 64	30.2%	11.5%
65 to 74	32.6%	14.6%
75 and over	23.3%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Driftwood	Emporium
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Driftwood	Emporium
No high school diploma	5.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	60.0%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Driftwood	Emporium
Drove alone	71.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	28.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Driftwood	Emporium
1-unit, detached	65.9%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	34.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Driftwood	Emporium
Poverty rate	4.7%	18.1%
Average household size	1.72	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1956	1954