Cochranton vs Meadville

A side-by-side comparison of Cochranton and Meadville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadville has the higher population (12,723 vs 1,193 in Cochranton). Cochranton has the higher median household income ($58,864 vs $46,012 in Meadville). Cochranton has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $115,700 in Meadville).

Population, income & housing

	Cochranton	Meadville
Population	1,193	12,723
Median age	43.5 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,864	$46,012
Median home value	$137,500	$115,700
Median gross rent	$718	$887
Housing units	520	5,524
Homeownership rate	70.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cochranton	Meadville
Population	1,151 → 1,193 (+3.6%)	12,864 → 12,723 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$53,088 → $58,864 (+10.9%)	$36,793 → $46,012 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$112,800 → $137,500 (+21.9%)	$110,100 → $115,700 (+5.1%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $718 (-0.4%)	$665 → $887 (+33.4%)

Cochranton

Population

1,1511,193

Median household income

$53,088$58,864

Median home value

$112,800$137,500

Median gross rent

$721$718

Meadville

Population

12,86412,723

Median household income

$36,793$46,012

Median home value

$110,100$115,700

Median gross rent

$665$887

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cochranton	Meadville
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	23.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	21.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	10.9%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.9%
75 and over	9.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cochranton	Meadville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cochranton	Meadville
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	50.8%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cochranton	Meadville
Drove alone	87.2%	63.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.9%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cochranton	Meadville
1-unit, detached	69.0%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	27.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	11.8%
20 or more units	5.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Cochranton	Meadville
Poverty rate	9.5%	18.3%
Average household size	2.53	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1956	1950