Elgin vs Platea

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

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

Platea has the higher population (462 vs 211 in Elgin). Platea has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $59,479 in Elgin). Platea has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $88,600 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Platea
Population	211	462
Median age	54.5 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,479	$67,500
Median home value	$88,600	$166,100
Median gross rent	$1,083	—
Housing units	81	198
Homeownership rate	89.3%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Platea
Population	190 → 211 (+11.1%)	434 → 462 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $59,479 (+19.0%)	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,600 (+11.3%)	$139,700 → $166,100 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)	$975 → $1,107 (+13.5%)

Elgin

Population

190211

Median household income

$50,000$59,479

Median home value

$79,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

Platea

Population

434462

Median household income

$59,000$67,500

Median home value

$139,700$166,100

Median gross rent

$975$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Platea
Under 5	3.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	4.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	19.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	26.4%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.7%
75 and over	20.9%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Platea
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Platea
No high school diploma	1.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	69.4%	55.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Platea
Drove alone	82.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.7%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Platea
1-unit, detached	92.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Platea
Poverty rate	8.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.81	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1964	1978