Mahaffey vs Wallaceton

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

Mahaffey and Wallaceton 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 245 in Wallaceton). Wallaceton has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $55,000 in Mahaffey). Wallaceton has the higher median home value ($88,000 vs $71,900 in Mahaffey).

Population, income & housing

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
Population	269	245
Median age	58.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$61,875
Median home value	$71,900	$88,000
Median gross rent	$494	$950
Housing units	169	107
Homeownership rate	83.1%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.1%	10.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
Population	363 → 269 (-25.9%)	271 → 245 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$42,396 → $55,000 (+29.7%)	$45,833 → $61,875 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$43,900 → $71,900 (+63.8%)	$75,000 → $88,000 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $494 (-31.4%)	$792 → $950 (+19.9%)

Mahaffey

Population

363269

Median household income

$42,396$55,000

Median home value

$43,900$71,900

Median gross rent

$720$494

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)

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
Under 5	2.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	3.3%	8.2%
18 to 24	10.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	20.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	15.5%
65 to 74	28.3%	6.9%
75 and over	12.6%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	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	2.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
No high school diploma	11.5%	17.9%
High school graduate	49.3%	46.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
Drove alone	64.5%	63.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.3%
Public transit	7.3%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	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)

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
1-unit, detached	86.4%	76.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	16.8%

Poverty & households

	Mahaffey	Wallaceton
Poverty rate	10.4%	15.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1949	1971