Alexandria vs Broad Top City

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Broad Top City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Broad Top City has the higher population (430 vs 401 in Alexandria). Broad Top City has the higher median household income ($68,333 vs $67,000 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $107,900 in Broad Top City).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
Population	401	430
Median age	43.3 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,000	$68,333
Median home value	$138,500	$107,900
Median gross rent	$795	$764
Housing units	178	183
Homeownership rate	82.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	10.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
Population	341 → 401 (+17.6%)	462 → 430 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $67,000 (+17.8%)	$61,429 → $68,333 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $138,500 (+25.6%)	$122,600 → $107,900 (-12.0%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $795 (-8.3%)	$633 → $764 (+20.7%)

Alexandria

Population

341401

Median household income

$56,875$67,000

Median home value

$110,300$138,500

Median gross rent

$867$795

Broad Top City

Population

462430

Median household income

$61,429$68,333

Median home value

$122,600$107,900

Median gross rent

$633$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
Under 5	1.5%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	7.2%
45 to 54	13.7%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.8%
75 and over	8.2%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
No high school diploma	4.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	32.5%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
Drove alone	79.7%	88.6%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	1.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
1-unit, detached	79.8%	76.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Broad Top City
Poverty rate	16.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.33	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	57
Median year structure built	1938	1974