Cranesville vs Penn State Erie (Behrend)

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

Cranesville 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.

Penn State Erie (Behrend) has the higher population (1,561 vs 732 in Cranesville). Since 2019, Cranesville's population has grown faster (+21.6% vs -4.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Population	732	1,561
Median age	33.0 yrs	19.9 yrs
Median household income	$73,824	—
Median home value	$120,700	—
Median gross rent	$881	—
Housing units	279	5
Homeownership rate	85.5%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	65.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Population	602 → 732 (+21.6%)	1,626 → 1,561 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$63,000 → $73,824 (+17.2%)	—
Median home value	$88,700 → $120,700 (+36.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)	—

Cranesville

Population

602732

Median household income

$63,000$73,824

Median home value

$88,700$120,700

Median gross rent

$725$881

Penn State Erie (Behrend)

Population

1,6261,561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.7%	0.6%
18 to 24	14.6%	98.1%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	18.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	2.9%	0.0%
75 and over	4.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	78.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	49.5%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	65.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Drove alone	93.3%	31.9%
Carpooled	2.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	37.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	17.5%
Other means	0.9%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
1-unit, detached	75.6%	0.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	100.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cranesville	Penn State Erie (Behrend)
Poverty rate	7.2%	—
Average household size	3.02	—
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1942	—