Berwick vs Espy

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

Berwick and Espy 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 1,737 in Espy). Espy has the higher median household income ($79,479 vs $45,338 in Berwick). Espy has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $135,000 in Berwick).

Population, income & housing

	Berwick	Espy
Population	10,291	1,737
Median age	41.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$45,338	$79,479
Median home value	$135,000	$169,700
Median gross rent	$788	$1,032
Housing units	4,892	927
Homeownership rate	59.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berwick	Espy
Population	10,073 → 10,291 (+2.2%)	1,602 → 1,737 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$40,227 → $45,338 (+12.7%)	$68,654 → $79,479 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$106,400 → $135,000 (+26.9%)	$147,500 → $169,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $788 (+18.3%)	$818 → $1,032 (+26.2%)

Berwick

Population

10,07310,291

Median household income

$40,227$45,338

Median home value

$106,400$135,000

Median gross rent

$666$788

Espy

Population

1,6021,737

Median household income

$68,654$79,479

Median home value

$147,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$818$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berwick	Espy
Under 5	4.3%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	15.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.2%
75 and over	8.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berwick	Espy
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	79.4%
Black or African American	4.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berwick	Espy
No high school diploma	13.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	49.6%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berwick	Espy
Drove alone	83.6%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berwick	Espy
1-unit, detached	60.0%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	19.6%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	4.8%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Berwick	Espy
Poverty rate	21.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1955	1967