Orviston vs Peru

A side-by-side comparison of Orviston and Peru: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Orviston has the higher population (74 vs 65 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Orviston	Peru
Population	74	65
Median age	65.4 yrs	63.9 yrs
Housing units	65	32
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orviston	Peru
Population	131 → 74 (-43.5%)	0 → 65 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$22,679 → $25,000 (+10.2%)	—
Median home value	$27,200 → $35,300 (+29.8%)	—

Orviston

Population

13174

Median household income

$22,679$25,000

Median home value

$27,200$35,300

Peru

Population

065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orviston	Peru
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.8%	32.3%
45 to 54	21.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	1.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	39.2%	47.7%
75 and over	21.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orviston	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orviston	Peru
No high school diploma	19.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	55.2%	100.0%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orviston	Peru
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orviston	Peru
1-unit, detached	89.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Orviston	Peru
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.64	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	—