Pleasant Gap vs State College

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

Pleasant Gap 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 3,154 in Pleasant Gap). Pleasant Gap has the higher median household income ($75,625 vs $47,132 in State College). State College has the higher median home value ($414,400 vs $237,200 in Pleasant Gap).

Population, income & housing

	Pleasant Gap	State College
Population	3,154	40,669
Median age	42.2 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,625	$47,132
Median home value	$237,200	$414,400
Median gross rent	$1,326	$1,229
Housing units	1,279	13,148
Homeownership rate	71.0%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	70.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pleasant Gap	State College
Population	3,310 → 3,154 (-4.7%)	42,275 → 40,669 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$64,047 → $75,625 (+18.1%)	$34,005 → $47,132 (+38.6%)
Median home value	$170,600 → $237,200 (+39.0%)	$312,400 → $414,400 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,326 (+49.7%)	$1,054 → $1,229 (+16.6%)

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

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)

	Pleasant Gap	State College
Under 5	8.1%	1.5%
5 to 17	15.8%	4.4%
18 to 24	2.9%	64.2%
25 to 34	15.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	18.2%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	4.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	3.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	3.6%
75 and over	3.5%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pleasant Gap	State College
White (non-Hispanic)	94.0%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pleasant Gap	State College
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	38.6%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	43.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pleasant Gap	State College
Drove alone	89.4%	44.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.7%	8.2%
Walked	0.0%	26.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	4.9%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pleasant Gap	State College
1-unit, detached	75.0%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	21.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.1%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Pleasant Gap	State College
Poverty rate	2.9%	39.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1974	1972