Masontown vs Oliver

A side-by-side comparison of Masontown and Oliver: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Masontown has the higher population (3,238 vs 2,198 in Oliver). Oliver has the higher median household income ($50,185 vs $49,536 in Masontown). Oliver has the higher median home value ($155,200 vs $116,700 in Masontown).

Population, income & housing

	Masontown	Oliver
Population	3,238	2,198
Median age	39.4 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$49,536	$50,185
Median home value	$116,700	$155,200
Median gross rent	$463	$704
Housing units	1,485	1,394
Homeownership rate	75.0%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	17.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Masontown	Oliver
Population	3,327 → 3,238 (-2.7%)	2,456 → 2,198 (-10.5%)
Median household income	$36,719 → $49,536 (+34.9%)	$39,146 → $50,185 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $116,700 (+31.1%)	$80,400 → $155,200 (+93.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $463 (-34.6%)	$612 → $704 (+15.0%)

Masontown

Population

3,3273,238

Median household income

$36,719$49,536

Median home value

$89,000$116,700

Median gross rent

$708$463

Oliver

Population

2,4562,198

Median household income

$39,146$50,185

Median home value

$80,400$155,200

Median gross rent

$612$704

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Masontown	Oliver
Under 5	8.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	10.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	16.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	18.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.6%
75 and over	5.7%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Masontown	Oliver
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	88.9%
Black or African American	12.2%	2.6%
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	1.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Masontown	Oliver
No high school diploma	9.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	46.6%	49.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Masontown	Oliver
Drove alone	80.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.8%	3.7%
Other means	10.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Masontown	Oliver
1-unit, detached	74.1%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Masontown	Oliver
Poverty rate	38.0%	23.3%
Average household size	2.53	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1952	1957