Drifting vs Mahaffey

A side-by-side comparison of Drifting and Mahaffey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mahaffey has the higher population (269 vs 261 in Drifting). Drifting has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $55,000 in Mahaffey). Drifting has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $71,900 in Mahaffey).

Population, income & housing

	Drifting	Mahaffey
Population	261	269
Median age	35.7 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$55,000
Median home value	$268,200	$71,900
Median gross rent	—	$494
Housing units	84	169
Homeownership rate	96.4%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drifting	Mahaffey
Population	—	363 → 269 (-25.9%)
Median household income	—	$42,396 → $55,000 (+29.7%)
Median home value	—	$43,900 → $71,900 (+63.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$720 → $494 (-31.4%)

Drifting

Mahaffey

Population

363269

Median household income

$42,396$55,000

Median home value

$43,900$71,900

Median gross rent

$720$494

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drifting	Mahaffey
Under 5	14.6%	2.2%
5 to 17	1.5%	3.3%
18 to 24	19.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.2%
35 to 44	39.8%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.4%
55 to 64	4.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	3.8%	28.3%
75 and over	3.1%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drifting	Mahaffey
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drifting	Mahaffey
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drifting	Mahaffey
Drove alone	91.6%	64.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	0.0%	15.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drifting	Mahaffey
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Drifting	Mahaffey
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.4%
Average household size	3.11	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1938	1949