Avonia vs Penn State Erie (Behrend)

A side-by-side comparison of Avonia and Penn State Erie (Behrend): population, income, housing, and more.

Avonia and Penn State Erie (Behrend) are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Avonia has the higher population (1,571 vs 1,561 in Penn State Erie (Behrend)). Since 2019, Avonia's population has grown faster (+43.7% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Population	1,571	1,561
Median age	47.4 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,500	—
Median home value	$234,800	—
Housing units	639	5
Homeownership rate	95.8%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Population	1,093 → 1,571 (+43.7%)	1,626 → 1,561 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$90,208 → $82,500 (-8.5%)	—
Median home value	$170,600 → $234,800 (+37.6%)	—

Avonia

Population

1,0931,571

Median household income

$90,208$82,500

Median home value

$170,600$234,800

Penn State Erie (Behrend)

Population

1,6261,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Under 5	13.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.5%	0.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	98.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	1.3%
35 to 44	5.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	0.0%
75 and over	9.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	9.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	10.3%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	65.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Drove alone	78.4%	31.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	5.4%
Public transit	1.2%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	37.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.6%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
1-unit, detached	94.8%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	100.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avonia	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Poverty rate	1.6%	—
Average household size	2.76	—
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1966	—