Philipsburg vs State College

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

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

State College has the higher population (40,669 vs 2,754 in Philipsburg). State College has the higher median household income ($47,132 vs $44,282 in Philipsburg). State College has the higher median home value ($414,400 vs $151,700 in Philipsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Philipsburg	State College
Population	2,754	40,669
Median age	44.5 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,282	$47,132
Median home value	$151,700	$414,400
Median gross rent	$676	$1,229
Housing units	1,588	13,148
Homeownership rate	48.9%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Philipsburg	State College
Population	2,719 → 2,754 (+1.3%)	42,275 → 40,669 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$36,149 → $44,282 (+22.5%)	$34,005 → $47,132 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$102,500 → $151,700 (+48.0%)	$312,400 → $414,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $676 (+9.9%)	$1,054 → $1,229 (+16.6%)

Philipsburg

Population

2,7192,754

Median household income

$36,149$44,282

Median home value

$102,500$151,700

Median gross rent

$615$676

State College

Population

42,27540,669

Median household income

$34,005$47,132

Median home value

$312,400$414,400

Median gross rent

$1,054$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Philipsburg	State College
Under 5	4.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	12.4%	4.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	64.2%
25 to 34	17.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	8.6%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	4.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	3.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	3.6%
75 and over	9.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Philipsburg	State College
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	77.1%
Black or African American	6.1%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Philipsburg	State College
No high school diploma	8.7%	1.8%
High school graduate	34.4%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Philipsburg	State College
Drove alone	75.5%	44.2%
Carpooled	16.5%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	8.2%
Walked	0.0%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	6.9%	13.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Philipsburg	State College
1-unit, detached	51.4%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	21.5%
20 or more units	10.4%	35.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Philipsburg	State College
Poverty rate	15.0%	39.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1949	1972