Berwick vs Catawissa

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

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

Berwick has the higher population (10,291 vs 1,498 in Catawissa). Catawissa has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $45,338 in Berwick). Catawissa has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $135,000 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Catawissa
Population	10,291	1,498
Median age	41.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,338	$53,472
Median home value	$135,000	$139,700
Median gross rent	$788	$652
Housing units	4,892	796
Homeownership rate	59.7%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Catawissa
Population	10,073 → 10,291 (+2.2%)	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $45,338 (+12.7%)	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $135,000 (+26.9%)	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $788 (+18.3%)	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)

Berwick

Population

10,07310,291

Median household income

$40,227$45,338

Median home value

$106,400$135,000

Median gross rent

$666$788

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)

	Berwick	Catawissa
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.0%	6.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	17.8%
75 and over	8.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Catawissa
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	89.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Catawissa
No high school diploma	13.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	49.6%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Catawissa
Drove alone	83.6%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Catawissa
1-unit, detached	60.0%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Catawissa
Poverty rate	21.7%	14.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1955	1945