Buffington vs Markleysburg

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

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

Markleysburg has the higher population (246 vs 113 in Buffington). Since 2019, Buffington's population has grown faster (+17.7% vs -19.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Buffington	Markleysburg
Population	113	246
Median age	3.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,688
Median home value	—	$126,000
Median gross rent	—	$955
Housing units	55	101
Homeownership rate	0.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buffington	Markleysburg
Population	96 → 113 (+17.7%)	305 → 246 (-19.3%)
Median household income	—	$45,000 → $79,688 (+77.1%)
Median home value	—	$96,400 → $126,000 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$808 → $955 (+18.2%)

Buffington

Population

96113

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)

	Buffington	Markleysburg
Under 5	51.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	9.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	48.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	0.0%	5.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	15.4%
55 to 64	0.0%	6.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.3%
75 and over	0.0%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buffington	Markleysburg
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	100.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buffington	Markleysburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	0.0%	55.4%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buffington	Markleysburg
Drove alone	—	80.4%
Carpooled	—	2.1%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	11.3%
Other means	—	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buffington	Markleysburg
1-unit, detached	0.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	100.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Buffington	Markleysburg
Poverty rate	100.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	—	1957