Mapleton vs Petersburg

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

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

Mapleton has the higher population (357 vs 343 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $58,750 in Mapleton). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($104,900 vs $83,900 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Petersburg
Population	357	343
Median age	36.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,750	$71,250
Median home value	$83,900	$104,900
Median gross rent	$695	$855
Housing units	171	150
Homeownership rate	81.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Petersburg
Population	444 → 357 (-19.6%)	479 → 343 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $58,750 (+62.1%)	$41,618 → $71,250 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $83,900 (+22.8%)	$83,200 → $104,900 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $695 (-4.9%)	$873 → $855 (-2.1%)

Mapleton

Population

444357

Median household income

$36,250$58,750

Median home value

$68,300$83,900

Median gross rent

$731$695

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)

	Mapleton	Petersburg
Under 5	7.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.7%
55 to 64	19.0%	5.2%
65 to 74	5.6%	8.2%
75 and over	4.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	99.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	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	3.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Petersburg
No high school diploma	9.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	62.6%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Petersburg
Drove alone	79.3%	82.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	2.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	76.6%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Petersburg
Poverty rate	16.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1943	1938