Paxtonia vs Rutherford

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

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

Rutherford has the higher population (6,982 vs 4,530 in Paxtonia). Paxtonia has the higher median household income ($100,573 vs $77,306 in Rutherford). Paxtonia has the higher median home value ($240,400 vs $189,300 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
Population	4,530	6,982
Median age	46.1 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$100,573	$77,306
Median home value	$240,400	$189,300
Median gross rent	$1,372	$1,228
Housing units	1,914	2,498
Homeownership rate	72.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
Population	5,296 → 4,530 (-14.5%)	4,919 → 6,982 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$76,302 → $100,573 (+31.8%)	$61,237 → $77,306 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $240,400 (+20.9%)	$147,100 → $189,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,078 → $1,372 (+27.3%)	$1,137 → $1,228 (+8.0%)

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

Rutherford

Population

4,9196,982

Median household income

$61,237$77,306

Median home value

$147,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	17.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	17.0%	13.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	8.7%
75 and over	5.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	73.8%	35.1%
Black or African American	3.2%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.7%	20.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
No high school diploma	9.9%	19.0%
High school graduate	24.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
Drove alone	82.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	15.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	69.9%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	38.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Paxtonia	Rutherford
Poverty rate	8.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1976	1989