Crucible vs Mather

A side-by-side comparison of Crucible and Mather: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mather has the higher population (567 vs 539 in Crucible). Since 2019, Crucible's population has grown faster (+46.1% vs +18.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Crucible	Mather
Population	539	567
Median age	28.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$47,500
Median home value	—	$88,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,027
Housing units	206	319
Homeownership rate	68.9%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crucible	Mather
Population	369 → 539 (+46.1%)	477 → 567 (+18.9%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $35,742 (+13.2%)	$50,833 → $47,500 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$42,200 → $55,300 (+31.0%)	$75,400 → $88,000 (+16.7%)

Crucible

Population

369539

Median household income

$31,563$35,742

Median home value

$42,200$55,300

Mather

Population

477567

Median household income

$50,833$47,500

Median home value

$75,400$88,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crucible	Mather
Under 5	11.1%	1.1%
5 to 17	13.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	1.6%
25 to 34	27.1%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.4%	19.6%
45 to 54	1.1%	21.3%
55 to 64	26.7%	15.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.0%
75 and over	1.3%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crucible	Mather
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	4.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crucible	Mather
No high school diploma	24.1%	1.8%
High school graduate	36.5%	68.2%
Some college or associate's	11.8%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crucible	Mather
Drove alone	100.0%	94.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crucible	Mather
1-unit, detached	77.7%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	11.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Crucible	Mather
Poverty rate	26.0%	7.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1952	1938