Halifax vs Pillow

A side-by-side comparison of Halifax and Pillow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Halifax has the higher population (641 vs 248 in Pillow). Pillow has the higher median household income ($60,000 vs $58,906 in Halifax). Halifax has the higher median home value ($179,200 vs $117,600 in Pillow).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax	Pillow
Population	641	248
Median age	35.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,906	$60,000
Median home value	$179,200	$117,600
Median gross rent	$834	$675
Housing units	326	114
Homeownership rate	53.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax	Pillow
Population	989 → 641 (-35.2%)	320 → 248 (-22.5%)
Median household income	$44,583 → $58,906 (+32.1%)	$52,000 → $60,000 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $179,200 (+47.6%)	$100,500 → $117,600 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $834 (+23.2%)	$725 → $675 (-6.9%)

Halifax

Population

989641

Median household income

$44,583$58,906

Median home value

$121,400$179,200

Median gross rent

$677$834

Pillow

Population

320248

Median household income

$52,000$60,000

Median home value

$100,500$117,600

Median gross rent

$725$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax	Pillow
Under 5	4.1%	9.7%
5 to 17	23.9%	7.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	12.1%
25 to 34	11.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	17.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	6.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.8%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.9%
75 and over	6.1%	12.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax	Pillow
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	13.3%
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	3.4%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax	Pillow
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	59.7%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax	Pillow
Drove alone	75.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	4.9%	10.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.8%
Worked from home	14.9%	9.2%
Other means	3.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax	Pillow
1-unit, detached	57.4%	86.0%
1-unit, attached	17.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Halifax	Pillow
Poverty rate	29.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938