Almedia vs Catawissa

A side-by-side comparison of Almedia and Catawissa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Catawissa has the higher population (1,498 vs 1,036 in Almedia). Almedia has the higher median household income ($63,158 vs $53,472 in Catawissa). Almedia has the higher median home value ($171,600 vs $139,700 in Catawissa).

Population, income & housing

	Almedia	Catawissa
Population	1,036	1,498
Median age	45.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,158	$53,472
Median home value	$171,600	$139,700
Median gross rent	$1,129	$652
Housing units	485	796
Homeownership rate	69.5%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Almedia	Catawissa
Population	992 → 1,036 (+4.4%)	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$39,052 → $63,158 (+61.7%)	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $171,600 (+19.2%)	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $1,129 (+40.6%)	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)

Almedia

Population

9921,036

Median household income

$39,052$63,158

Median home value

$143,900$171,600

Median gross rent

$803$1,129

Catawissa

Population

1,5561,498

Median household income

$41,184$53,472

Median home value

$104,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$699$652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Almedia	Catawissa
Under 5	3.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	16.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.9%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	17.8%
75 and over	12.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Almedia	Catawissa
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.7%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Almedia	Catawissa
No high school diploma	8.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	50.8%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Almedia	Catawissa
Drove alone	75.0%	81.3%
Carpooled	13.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Almedia	Catawissa
1-unit, detached	86.4%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Almedia	Catawissa
Poverty rate	28.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	14	24
Median year structure built	1970	1945