Paxtonia vs Penbrook

A side-by-side comparison of Paxtonia and Penbrook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxtonia has the higher population (4,530 vs 3,260 in Penbrook). Paxtonia has the higher median household income ($100,573 vs $68,295 in Penbrook). Paxtonia has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $140,000 in Penbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
Population	4,530	3,260
Median age	46.1 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,573	$68,295
Median home value	$240,400	$140,000
Median gross rent	$1,372	$946
Housing units	1,914	1,436
Homeownership rate	72.6%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
Population	5,296 → 4,530 (-14.5%)	2,984 → 3,260 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$76,302 → $100,573 (+31.8%)	$44,167 → $68,295 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $240,400 (+20.9%)	$111,800 → $140,000 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,372 (+27.3%)	$746 → $946 (+26.8%)

Paxtonia

Population

5,2964,530

Median household income

$76,302$100,573

Median home value

$198,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,078$1,372

Penbrook

Population

2,9843,260

Median household income

$44,167$68,295

Median home value

$111,800$140,000

Median gross rent

$746$946

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
Under 5	2.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	10.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	12.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	24.9%
35 to 44	10.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	17.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.8%	6.7%
75 and over	5.0%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	44.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	25.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	25.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
No high school diploma	9.9%	9.6%
High school graduate	24.0%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
Drove alone	82.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	22.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
1-unit, detached	69.9%	24.0%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	40.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	24.9%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paxtonia	Penbrook
Poverty rate	8.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1976	1942