Curwensville vs Houtzdale

A side-by-side comparison of Curwensville and Houtzdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Curwensville has the higher population (2,544 vs 858 in Houtzdale). Houtzdale has the higher median household income ($62,083 vs $50,679 in Curwensville). Houtzdale has the higher median home value ($96,400 vs $95,700 in Curwensville).

Population, income & housing

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
Population	2,544	858
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$50,679	$62,083
Median home value	$95,700	$96,400
Median gross rent	$686	$725
Housing units	1,167	386
Homeownership rate	71.2%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
Population	2,314 → 2,544 (+9.9%)	747 → 858 (+14.9%)
Median household income	$35,083 → $50,679 (+44.5%)	$46,094 → $62,083 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$86,100 → $95,700 (+11.1%)	$69,600 → $96,400 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $686 (+18.5%)	$631 → $725 (+14.9%)

Curwensville

Population

2,3142,544

Median household income

$35,083$50,679

Median home value

$86,100$95,700

Median gross rent

$579$686

Houtzdale

Population

747858

Median household income

$46,094$62,083

Median home value

$69,600$96,400

Median gross rent

$631$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
Under 5	3.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.5%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	99.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	44.7%	52.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
Drove alone	82.7%	85.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.4%
Other means	1.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
1-unit, detached	74.6%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Curwensville	Houtzdale
Poverty rate	17.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1954	1942