Cranesville vs Wattsburg

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

Cranesville and Wattsburg 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 340 in Wattsburg). Cranesville has the higher median household income ($73,824 vs $44,875 in Wattsburg). Cranesville has the higher median home value ($120,700 vs $101,700 in Wattsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
Population	732	340
Median age	33.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,824	$44,875
Median home value	$120,700	$101,700
Median gross rent	$881	$1,150
Housing units	279	144
Homeownership rate	85.5%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
Population	602 → 732 (+21.6%)	501 → 340 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$63,000 → $73,824 (+17.2%)	$39,345 → $44,875 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$88,700 → $120,700 (+36.1%)	$83,500 → $101,700 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $881 (+21.5%)	$725 → $1,150 (+58.6%)

Cranesville

Population

602732

Median household income

$63,000$73,824

Median home value

$88,700$120,700

Median gross rent

$725$881

Wattsburg

Population

501340

Median household income

$39,345$44,875

Median home value

$83,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$725$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
Under 5	4.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	26.5%
18 to 24	14.6%	1.8%
25 to 34	8.7%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	20.6%
45 to 54	18.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	5.0%
65 to 74	2.9%	9.7%
75 and over	4.1%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	96.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
No high school diploma	3.1%	10.3%
High school graduate	49.5%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
Drove alone	93.3%	53.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	33.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
1-unit, detached	75.6%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.4%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Cranesville	Wattsburg
Poverty rate	7.2%	43.1%
Average household size	3.02	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1942	1945