Avondale vs Pughtown

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Pughtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avondale has the higher population (1,286 vs 1,047 in Pughtown). Pughtown has the higher median household income ($160,714 vs $80,000 in Avondale). Pughtown has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $294,800 in Avondale).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Pughtown
Population	1,286	1,047
Median age	30.4 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$160,714
Median home value	$294,800	$422,000
Median gross rent	$1,458	—
Housing units	504	406
Homeownership rate	58.3%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Pughtown
Population	1,406 → 1,286 (-8.5%)	1,035 → 1,047 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$74,007 → $80,000 (+8.1%)	$99,722 → $160,714 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$225,900 → $294,800 (+30.5%)	$335,900 → $422,000 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,458 (+0.1%)	—

Avondale

Population

1,4061,286

Median household income

$74,007$80,000

Median home value

$225,900$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,458

Pughtown

Population

1,0351,047

Median household income

$99,722$160,714

Median home value

$335,900$422,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Pughtown
Under 5	5.7%	2.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	28.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	24.7%	6.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	25.8%
55 to 64	5.6%	7.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	5.6%
75 and over	3.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Pughtown
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	4.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Pughtown
No high school diploma	42.1%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.5%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Pughtown
Drove alone	66.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	35.8%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Pughtown
1-unit, detached	44.6%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	30.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	22.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Pughtown
Poverty rate	7.3%	1.4%
Average household size	2.96	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1938	2005