Erie vs North East

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and North East: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (94,156 vs 4,069 in North East). North East has the higher median household income ($67,469 vs $43,397 in Erie). North East has the higher median home value ($151,000 vs $108,200 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	North East
Population	94,156	4,069
Median age	34.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,397	$67,469
Median home value	$108,200	$151,000
Median gross rent	$836	$731
Housing units	43,377	1,914
Homeownership rate	53.0%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	North East
Population	97,263 → 94,156 (-3.2%)	4,108 → 4,069 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$37,894 → $43,397 (+14.5%)	$50,014 → $67,469 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $108,200 (+21.4%)	$127,600 → $151,000 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $836 (+17.7%)	$667 → $731 (+9.6%)

Erie

Population

97,26394,156

Median household income

$37,894$43,397

Median home value

$89,100$108,200

Median gross rent

$710$836

North East

Population

4,1084,069

Median household income

$50,014$67,469

Median home value

$127,600$151,000

Median gross rent

$667$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	North East
Under 5	5.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	12.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	11.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	North East
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	91.0%
Black or African American	15.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	2.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	North East
No high school diploma	11.2%	12.5%
High school graduate	39.3%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	North East
Drove alone	70.4%	73.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	15.7%
Public transit	2.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	2.5%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.5%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	North East
1-unit, detached	58.9%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	31.5%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	4.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erie	North East
Poverty rate	24.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1950	1946