Arnold City vs Markleysburg

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

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

Arnold City has the higher population (344 vs 246 in Markleysburg). Since 2019, Arnold City's population has grown faster (+9.2% vs -19.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
Population	344	246
Median age	46.3 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,688
Median home value	—	$126,000
Median gross rent	$649	$955
Housing units	194	101
Homeownership rate	10.3%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
Population	315 → 344 (+9.2%)	305 → 246 (-19.3%)
Median household income	—	$45,000 → $79,688 (+77.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $93,700 (+6.7%)	$96,400 → $126,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$808 → $955 (+18.2%)

Arnold City

Population

315344

Median home value

$87,800$93,700

Markleysburg

Population

305246

Median household income

$45,000$79,688

Median home value

$96,400$126,000

Median gross rent

$808$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
Under 5	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	27.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	7.3%	17.9%
35 to 44	6.1%	5.7%
45 to 54	32.6%	15.4%
55 to 64	5.5%	6.5%
65 to 74	15.7%	9.3%
75 and over	5.8%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	93.1%
Black or African American	16.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.3%
High school graduate	67.7%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
Drove alone	63.5%	80.4%
Carpooled	36.5%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
1-unit, detached	38.1%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	25.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Arnold City	Markleysburg
Poverty rate	52.6%	3.2%
Average household size	1.77	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1955	1957