Milesburg vs Nittany

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

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

Milesburg has the higher population (1,137 vs 747 in Nittany). Nittany has the higher median household income ($65,893 vs $58,667 in Milesburg). Since 2019, Milesburg's population has grown faster (+16.5% vs +1.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Milesburg	Nittany
Population	1,137	747
Median age	49.0 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,667	$65,893
Median home value	$174,500	—
Median gross rent	$1,049	—
Housing units	478	144
Homeownership rate	66.1%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Milesburg	Nittany
Population	976 → 1,137 (+16.5%)	736 → 747 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $58,667 (+9.1%)	$62,227 → $65,893 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$150,700 → $174,500 (+15.8%)	$204,300 → $241,800 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,049 (+43.1%)	—

Milesburg

Population

9761,137

Median household income

$53,750$58,667

Median home value

$150,700$174,500

Median gross rent

$733$1,049

Nittany

Population

736747

Median household income

$62,227$65,893

Median home value

$204,300$241,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Milesburg	Nittany
Under 5	1.4%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	15.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	22.1%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.1%
55 to 64	20.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	13.1%	8.8%
75 and over	7.0%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Milesburg	Nittany
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Milesburg	Nittany
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.5%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Milesburg	Nittany
Drove alone	90.6%	97.0%
Carpooled	2.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Milesburg	Nittany
1-unit, detached	66.5%	54.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	35.4%

Poverty & households

	Milesburg	Nittany
Poverty rate	8.1%	16.1%
Average household size	2.33	5.26
Mean commute (minutes)	16	30
Median year structure built	1963	1995