Philipsburg vs Pleasant Gap

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

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

Pleasant Gap has the higher population (3,154 vs 2,754 in Philipsburg). Pleasant Gap has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $44,282 in Philipsburg). Pleasant Gap has the higher median home value ($237,200 vs $151,700 in Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
Population	2,754	3,154
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,282	$75,625
Median home value	$151,700	$237,200
Median gross rent	$676	$1,326
Housing units	1,588	1,279
Homeownership rate	48.9%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
Population	2,719 → 2,754 (+1.3%)	3,310 → 3,154 (-4.7%)
Median household income	$36,149 → $44,282 (+22.5%)	$64,047 → $75,625 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $151,700 (+48.0%)	$170,600 → $237,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $676 (+9.9%)	$886 → $1,326 (+49.7%)

Philipsburg

Population

2,7192,754

Median household income

$36,149$44,282

Median home value

$102,500$151,700

Median gross rent

$615$676

Pleasant Gap

Population

3,3103,154

Median household income

$64,047$75,625

Median home value

$170,600$237,200

Median gross rent

$886$1,326

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
Under 5	4.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.9%
25 to 34	17.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	18.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	10.2%
75 and over	9.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	34.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
Drove alone	75.5%	89.4%
Carpooled	16.5%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	4.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
1-unit, detached	51.4%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Philipsburg	Pleasant Gap
Poverty rate	15.0%	2.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1949	1974