Buckhorn vs Fernville

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhorn and Fernville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buckhorn has the higher population (614 vs 420 in Fernville). Buckhorn has the higher median household income ($73,250 vs $66,250 in Fernville). Buckhorn has the higher median home value ($270,600 vs $200,000 in Fernville).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhorn	Fernville
Population	614	420
Median age	23.6 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,250	$66,250
Median home value	$270,600	$200,000
Housing units	181	176
Homeownership rate	79.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	33.1%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhorn	Fernville
Population	349 → 614 (+75.9%)	450 → 420 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$75,000 → $73,250 (-2.3%)	$83,000 → $66,250 (-20.2%)
Median home value	$236,100 → $270,600 (+14.6%)	$231,300 → $200,000 (-13.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,083 → $1,325 (+22.3%)

Buckhorn

Population

349614

Median household income

$75,000$73,250

Median home value

$236,100$270,600

Fernville

Population

450420

Median household income

$83,000$66,250

Median home value

$231,300$200,000

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,325

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhorn	Fernville
Under 5	2.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	35.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	2.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	7.1%
45 to 54	5.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	9.3%	26.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.5%
75 and over	2.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhorn	Fernville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhorn	Fernville
No high school diploma	11.2%	1.9%
High school graduate	22.1%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.1%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	15.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhorn	Fernville
Drove alone	88.9%	73.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	19.5%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhorn	Fernville
1-unit, detached	93.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buckhorn	Fernville
Poverty rate	43.3%	22.4%
Average household size	3.47	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1981	1966