Elgin vs Wattsburg

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

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

Wattsburg has the higher population (340 vs 211 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median household income ($59,479 vs $44,875 in Wattsburg). Wattsburg has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $88,600 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Wattsburg
Population	211	340
Median age	54.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,479	$44,875
Median home value	$88,600	$101,700
Median gross rent	$1,083	$1,150
Housing units	81	144
Homeownership rate	89.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Wattsburg
Population	190 → 211 (+11.1%)	501 → 340 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $59,479 (+19.0%)	$39,345 → $44,875 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $88,600 (+11.3%)	$83,500 → $101,700 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)	$725 → $1,150 (+58.6%)

Elgin

Population

190211

Median household income

$50,000$59,479

Median home value

$79,600$88,600

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

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)

	Elgin	Wattsburg
Under 5	3.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	26.5%
18 to 24	1.9%	1.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	4.3%	20.6%
45 to 54	19.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	5.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.7%
75 and over	20.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Wattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Wattsburg
No high school diploma	1.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	69.4%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Wattsburg
Drove alone	82.8%	53.1%
Carpooled	9.1%	33.8%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Wattsburg
1-unit, detached	92.6%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Wattsburg
Poverty rate	8.5%	43.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1964	1945