Houserville vs Philipsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Houserville and Philipsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Philipsburg has the higher population (2,754 vs 2,145 in Houserville). Houserville has the higher median household income ($113,208 vs $44,282 in Philipsburg). Houserville has the higher median home value ($346,400 vs $151,700 in Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Houserville	Philipsburg
Population	2,145	2,754
Median age	42.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$113,208	$44,282
Median home value	$346,400	$151,700
Median gross rent	$1,746	$676
Housing units	950	1,588
Homeownership rate	84.7%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houserville	Philipsburg
Population	1,972 → 2,145 (+8.8%)	2,719 → 2,754 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$90,750 → $113,208 (+24.7%)	$36,149 → $44,282 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$225,700 → $346,400 (+53.5%)	$102,500 → $151,700 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,746 (+38.9%)	$615 → $676 (+9.9%)

Houserville

Population

1,9722,145

Median household income

$90,750$113,208

Median home value

$225,700$346,400

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,746

Philipsburg

Population

2,7192,754

Median household income

$36,149$44,282

Median home value

$102,500$151,700

Median gross rent

$615$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houserville	Philipsburg
Under 5	4.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.4%
35 to 44	22.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.6%
75 and over	3.4%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houserville	Philipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houserville	Philipsburg
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	9.6%	34.4%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	39.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houserville	Philipsburg
Drove alone	67.2%	75.5%
Carpooled	11.3%	16.5%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	10.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houserville	Philipsburg
1-unit, detached	98.0%	51.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Houserville	Philipsburg
Poverty rate	2.4%	15.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1983	1949