Penn State Erie (Behrend) vs Waterford

A side-by-side comparison of Penn State Erie (Behrend) and Waterford: population, income, housing, and more.

Penn State Erie (Behrend) and Waterford are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Penn State Erie (Behrend) has the higher population (1,561 vs 1,254 in Waterford). Since 2019, Penn State Erie (Behrend)'s population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -4.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
Population	1,561	1,254
Median age	19.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,875
Median home value	—	$163,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,031
Housing units	5	665
Homeownership rate	—	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
Population	1,626 → 1,561 (-4.0%)	1,316 → 1,254 (-4.7%)
Median household income	—	$50,000 → $58,875 (+17.8%)
Median home value	—	$137,500 → $163,000 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$809 → $1,031 (+27.4%)

Penn State Erie (Behrend)

Population

1,6261,561

Waterford

Population

1,3161,254

Median household income

$50,000$58,875

Median home value

$137,500$163,000

Median gross rent

$809$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	98.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	1.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	0.0%	25.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.6%
75 and over	0.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	90.6%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	0.0%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	65.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
Drove alone	31.9%	74.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	14.0%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	37.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.5%	6.0%
Other means	4.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
1-unit, detached	0.0%	58.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	100.0%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Penn State Erie (Behrend)	Waterford
Poverty rate	—	13.8%
Average household size	—	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	—	1963