Erie vs Northwest Harborcreek

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and Northwest Harborcreek: population, income, housing, and more.

Erie and Northwest Harborcreek 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 8,908 in Northwest Harborcreek). Northwest Harborcreek has the higher median household income ($87,601 vs $43,397 in Erie). Northwest Harborcreek has the higher median home value ($215,200 vs $108,200 in Erie).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
Population	94,156	8,908
Median age	34.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,397	$87,601
Median home value	$108,200	$215,200
Median gross rent	$836	$875
Housing units	43,377	3,675
Homeownership rate	53.0%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
Population	97,263 → 94,156 (-3.2%)	9,077 → 8,908 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$37,894 → $43,397 (+14.5%)	$54,113 → $87,601 (+61.9%)
Median home value	$89,100 → $108,200 (+21.4%)	$163,300 → $215,200 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $836 (+17.7%)	$807 → $875 (+8.4%)

Erie

Population

97,26394,156

Median household income

$37,894$43,397

Median home value

$89,100$108,200

Median gross rent

$710$836

Northwest Harborcreek

Population

9,0778,908

Median household income

$54,113$87,601

Median home value

$163,300$215,200

Median gross rent

$807$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
Under 5	5.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.7%	16.7%
18 to 24	12.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	15.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.4%
75 and over	6.6%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	91.1%
Black or African American	15.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
No high school diploma	11.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
Drove alone	70.4%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.6%
Walked	5.2%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.9%	8.1%
Other means	2.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
1-unit, detached	58.9%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	2.2%
20 or more units	7.6%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Erie	Northwest Harborcreek
Poverty rate	24.6%	5.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1950	1976