Cranesville vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Cranesville and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cranesville has the higher population (732 vs 211 in Elgin). Cranesville has the higher median household income ($73,824 vs $59,479 in Elgin). Cranesville has the higher median home value ($120,700 vs $88,600 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Cranesville	Elgin
Population	732	211
Median age	33.0 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,824	$59,479
Median home value	$120,700	$88,600
Median gross rent	$881	$1,083
Housing units	279	81
Homeownership rate	85.5%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranesville	Elgin
Population	602 → 732 (+21.6%)	190 → 211 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$63,000 → $73,824 (+17.2%)	$50,000 → $59,479 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $120,700 (+36.1%)	$79,600 → $88,600 (+11.3%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)

Cranesville

Population

602732

Median household income

$63,000$73,824

Median home value

$88,700$120,700

Median gross rent

$725$881

Elgin

Population

190211

Median household income

$50,000$59,479

Median home value

$79,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranesville	Elgin
Under 5	4.5%	3.3%
5 to 17	22.7%	8.1%
18 to 24	14.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	8.7%	19.4%
35 to 44	9.2%	4.3%
45 to 54	18.3%	19.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	2.9%	11.4%
75 and over	4.1%	20.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranesville	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	97.6%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranesville	Elgin
No high school diploma	3.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	49.5%	69.4%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranesville	Elgin
Drove alone	93.3%	82.8%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranesville	Elgin
1-unit, detached	75.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Cranesville	Elgin
Poverty rate	7.2%	8.5%
Average household size	3.02	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1942	1964