Platea vs Wattsburg

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

Platea and Wattsburg 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 340 in Wattsburg). Platea has the higher median household income ($67,500 vs $44,875 in Wattsburg). Platea has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $101,700 in Wattsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Platea	Wattsburg
Population	462	340
Median age	56.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$44,875
Median home value	$166,100	$101,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,150
Housing units	198	144
Homeownership rate	91.8%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Platea	Wattsburg
Population	434 → 462 (+6.5%)	501 → 340 (-32.1%)
Median household income	$59,000 → $67,500 (+14.4%)	$39,345 → $44,875 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$139,700 → $166,100 (+18.9%)	$83,500 → $101,700 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,107 (+13.5%)	$725 → $1,150 (+58.6%)

Platea

Population

434462

Median household income

$59,000$67,500

Median home value

$139,700$166,100

Median gross rent

$975$1,107

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)

	Platea	Wattsburg
Under 5	3.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	11.5%	26.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	1.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	20.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	26.4%	5.0%
65 to 74	16.7%	9.7%
75 and over	8.9%	1.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Platea	Wattsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	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	1.1%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Platea	Wattsburg
No high school diploma	5.9%	10.3%
High school graduate	55.0%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Platea	Wattsburg
Drove alone	81.3%	53.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	33.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Platea	Wattsburg
1-unit, detached	88.9%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Platea	Wattsburg
Poverty rate	9.7%	43.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1978	1945