Aaronsburg vs Nittany

A side-by-side comparison of Aaronsburg and Nittany: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nittany has the higher population (747 vs 706 in Aaronsburg). Aaronsburg has the higher median household income ($85,063 vs $65,893 in Nittany). Since 2019, Aaronsburg's population has grown faster (+45.0% vs +1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
Population	706	747
Median age	29.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,063	$65,893
Median home value	$266,700	—
Housing units	269	144
Homeownership rate	89.1%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
Population	487 → 706 (+45.0%)	736 → 747 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$58,854 → $85,063 (+44.5%)	$62,227 → $65,893 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$153,500 → $266,700 (+73.7%)	$204,300 → $241,800 (+18.4%)

Aaronsburg

Population

487706

Median household income

$58,854$85,063

Median home value

$153,500$266,700

Nittany

Population

736747

Median household income

$62,227$65,893

Median home value

$204,300$241,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
Under 5	14.2%	1.6%
5 to 17	29.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	15.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	6.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	22.1%
45 to 54	5.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.8%
75 and over	2.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	10.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
No high school diploma	17.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
Drove alone	47.8%	97.0%
Carpooled	10.9%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
1-unit, detached	93.7%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Aaronsburg	Nittany
Poverty rate	2.8%	16.1%
Average household size	2.86	5.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1986	1995