Highspire vs Paxtang

A side-by-side comparison of Highspire and Paxtang: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highspire has the higher population (2,729 vs 1,617 in Paxtang). Paxtang has the higher median household income ($83,571 vs $50,689 in Highspire). Paxtang has the higher median home value ($179,900 vs $113,500 in Highspire).

Population, income & housing

	Highspire	Paxtang
Population	2,729	1,617
Median age	34.8 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,689	$83,571
Median home value	$113,500	$179,900
Median gross rent	$993	$1,085
Housing units	1,465	694
Homeownership rate	41.0%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	36.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highspire	Paxtang
Population	2,492 → 2,729 (+9.5%)	1,726 → 1,617 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$42,222 → $50,689 (+20.1%)	$73,015 → $83,571 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$95,200 → $113,500 (+19.2%)	$145,500 → $179,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $993 (+13.5%)	$972 → $1,085 (+11.6%)

Highspire

Population

2,4922,729

Median household income

$42,222$50,689

Median home value

$95,200$113,500

Median gross rent

$875$993

Paxtang

Population

1,7261,617

Median household income

$73,015$83,571

Median home value

$145,500$179,900

Median gross rent

$972$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highspire	Paxtang
Under 5	2.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	12.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	16.7%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.6%
75 and over	4.8%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highspire	Paxtang
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	64.9%
Black or African American	17.0%	11.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	12.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highspire	Paxtang
No high school diploma	8.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	48.1%	22.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highspire	Paxtang
Drove alone	80.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	14.0%
Other means	3.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highspire	Paxtang
1-unit, detached	38.6%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	20.1%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	23.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highspire	Paxtang
Poverty rate	14.0%	9.2%
Average household size	2.01	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1964	1938