Catawissa vs Espy

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

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

Espy has the higher population (1,737 vs 1,498 in Catawissa). Espy has the higher median household income ($79,479 vs $53,472 in Catawissa). Espy has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $139,700 in Catawissa).

Population, income & housing

	Catawissa	Espy
Population	1,498	1,737
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,472	$79,479
Median home value	$139,700	$169,700
Median gross rent	$652	$1,032
Housing units	796	927
Homeownership rate	54.8%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawissa	Espy
Population	1,556 → 1,498 (-3.7%)	1,602 → 1,737 (+8.4%)
Median household income	$41,184 → $53,472 (+29.8%)	$68,654 → $79,479 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$104,300 → $139,700 (+33.9%)	$147,500 → $169,700 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $652 (-6.7%)	$818 → $1,032 (+26.2%)

Catawissa

Population

1,5561,498

Median household income

$41,184$53,472

Median home value

$104,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$699$652

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)

	Catawissa	Espy
Under 5	3.5%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.1%
45 to 54	6.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	17.8%	13.2%
75 and over	8.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawissa	Espy
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	79.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	9.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawissa	Espy
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	49.4%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawissa	Espy
Drove alone	81.3%	76.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	11.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawissa	Espy
1-unit, detached	58.7%	75.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	6.8%
20 or more units	12.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Catawissa	Espy
Poverty rate	14.2%	3.4%
Average household size	2.13	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1945	1967