Bloomsburg vs Catawissa

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

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

Bloomsburg has the higher population (12,906 vs 1,498 in Catawissa). Catawissa has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $49,096 in Bloomsburg). Bloomsburg has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $139,700 in Catawissa).

Population, income & housing

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
Population	12,906	1,498
Median age	24.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$49,096	$53,472
Median home value	$186,100	$139,700
Median gross rent	$937	$652
Housing units	5,325	796
Homeownership rate	37.0%	54.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.1%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
Population	14,085 → 12,906 (-8.4%)	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$32,217 → $49,096 (+52.4%)	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $186,100 (+36.8%)	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$762 → $937 (+23.0%)	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)

Bloomsburg

Population

14,08512,906

Median household income

$32,217$49,096

Median home value

$136,000$186,100

Median gross rent

$762$937

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)

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
Under 5	3.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	40.8%	7.2%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	17.8%
75 and over	6.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	89.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	43.3%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
Drove alone	69.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	11.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	8.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
1-unit, detached	38.3%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	14.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	6.8%
20 or more units	13.1%	12.4%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Bloomsburg	Catawissa
Poverty rate	30.6%	14.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1963	1945