Farwell vs Mackeyville

A side-by-side comparison of Farwell and Mackeyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farwell has the higher population (378 vs 300 in Mackeyville). Mackeyville has the higher median household income ($70,313 vs $46,840 in Farwell). Farwell has the higher median home value ($178,000 vs $159,400 in Mackeyville).

Population, income & housing

	Farwell	Mackeyville
Population	378	300
Median age	55.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,840	$70,313
Median home value	$178,000	$159,400
Median gross rent	$850	$1,844
Housing units	228	126
Homeownership rate	87.7%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farwell	Mackeyville
Population	352 → 378 (+7.4%)	—
Median household income	$41,680 → $46,840 (+12.4%)	—
Median home value	$139,300 → $178,000 (+27.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$488 → $850 (+74.2%)	—

Farwell

Population

352378

Median household income

$41,680$46,840

Median home value

$139,300$178,000

Median gross rent

$488$850

Mackeyville

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farwell	Mackeyville
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	19.3%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	26.7%
65 to 74	25.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.5%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farwell	Mackeyville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	14.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farwell	Mackeyville
No high school diploma	9.8%	8.1%
High school graduate	57.2%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farwell	Mackeyville
Drove alone	91.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farwell	Mackeyville
1-unit, detached	80.7%	97.6%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farwell	Mackeyville
Poverty rate	3.7%	2.7%
Average household size	1.78	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1974	1938