Alexandria vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Alexandria and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alexandria has the higher population (401 vs 343 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $67,000 in Alexandria). Alexandria has the higher median home value ($138,500 vs $104,900 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Alexandria	Petersburg
Population	401	343
Median age	43.3 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,000	$71,250
Median home value	$138,500	$104,900
Median gross rent	$795	$855
Housing units	178	150
Homeownership rate	82.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexandria	Petersburg
Population	341 → 401 (+17.6%)	479 → 343 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $67,000 (+17.8%)	$41,618 → $71,250 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$110,300 → $138,500 (+25.6%)	$83,200 → $104,900 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $795 (-8.3%)	$873 → $855 (-2.1%)

Alexandria

Population

341401

Median household income

$56,875$67,000

Median home value

$110,300$138,500

Median gross rent

$867$795

Petersburg

Population

479343

Median household income

$41,618$71,250

Median home value

$83,200$104,900

Median gross rent

$873$855

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexandria	Petersburg
Under 5	1.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	4.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.2%	5.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.2%
75 and over	8.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexandria	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	99.1%
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	0.2%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexandria	Petersburg
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.5%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexandria	Petersburg
Drove alone	79.7%	82.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexandria	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	79.8%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Alexandria	Petersburg
Poverty rate	16.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.33	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938