Arnold City vs Dawson

A side-by-side comparison of Arnold City and Dawson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dawson has the higher population (387 vs 344 in Arnold City). Since 2019, Arnold City's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -13.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold City	Dawson
Population	344	387
Median age	46.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,594
Median home value	—	$89,100
Median gross rent	$649	$910
Housing units	194	176
Homeownership rate	10.3%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold City	Dawson
Population	315 → 344 (+9.2%)	448 → 387 (-13.6%)
Median household income	—	$46,250 → $53,594 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $93,700 (+6.7%)	$65,400 → $89,100 (+36.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$782 → $910 (+16.4%)

Arnold City

Population

315344

Median home value

$87,800$93,700

Dawson

Population

448387

Median household income

$46,250$53,594

Median home value

$65,400$89,100

Median gross rent

$782$910

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold City	Dawson
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	27.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	6.1%	17.3%
45 to 54	32.6%	15.2%
55 to 64	5.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	8.8%
75 and over	5.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold City	Dawson
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	98.4%
Black or African American	16.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold City	Dawson
No high school diploma	7.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	67.7%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold City	Dawson
Drove alone	63.5%	74.0%
Carpooled	36.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold City	Dawson
1-unit, detached	38.1%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	25.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Arnold City	Dawson
Poverty rate	52.6%	25.3%
Average household size	1.77	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1955	1938