Marklesburg vs Petersburg

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

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

Petersburg has the higher population (343 vs 323 in Marklesburg). Marklesburg has the higher median household income ($80,125 vs $71,250 in Petersburg). Marklesburg has the higher median home value ($161,000 vs $104,900 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
Population	323	343
Median age	32.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,125	$71,250
Median home value	$161,000	$104,900
Median gross rent	—	$855
Housing units	198	150
Homeownership rate	89.0%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
Population	282 → 323 (+14.5%)	479 → 343 (-28.4%)
Median household income	$49,000 → $80,125 (+63.5%)	$41,618 → $71,250 (+71.2%)
Median home value	$167,200 → $161,000 (-3.7%)	$83,200 → $104,900 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $638 (-32.8%)	$873 → $855 (-2.1%)

Marklesburg

Population

282323

Median household income

$49,000$80,125

Median home value

$167,200$161,000

Median gross rent

$950$638

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)

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
Under 5	9.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	19.5%
18 to 24	15.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	18.9%	12.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	4.0%	5.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	8.2%
75 and over	19.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	99.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.1%
High school graduate	42.3%	60.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
Drove alone	56.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	16.8%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	2.8%
Other means	6.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	90.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Marklesburg	Petersburg
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1983	1938