Drifting vs Wallaceton

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

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

Drifting has the higher population (261 vs 245 in Wallaceton). Drifting has the higher median household income ($111,250 vs $61,875 in Wallaceton). Drifting has the higher median home value ($268,200 vs $88,000 in Wallaceton).

Population, income & housing

	Drifting	Wallaceton
Population	261	245
Median age	35.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$111,250	$61,875
Median home value	$268,200	$88,000
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	84	107
Homeownership rate	96.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drifting	Wallaceton
Population	—	271 → 245 (-9.6%)
Median household income	—	$45,833 → $61,875 (+35.0%)
Median home value	—	$75,000 → $88,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $950 (+19.9%)

Drifting

Wallaceton

Population

271245

Median household income

$45,833$61,875

Median home value

$75,000$88,000

Median gross rent

$792$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drifting	Wallaceton
Under 5	14.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	1.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	19.2%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	39.8%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	20.8%
55 to 64	4.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	3.8%	6.9%
75 and over	3.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drifting	Wallaceton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drifting	Wallaceton
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.9%
High school graduate	26.0%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drifting	Wallaceton
Drove alone	91.6%	63.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	20.9%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drifting	Wallaceton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Drifting	Wallaceton
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.1%
Average household size	3.11	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1971