Alverda vs Smicksburg

A side-by-side comparison of Alverda and Smicksburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alverda has the higher population (173 vs 56 in Smicksburg). Smicksburg has the higher median household income ($56,000 vs $36,250 in Alverda). Smicksburg has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $82,800 in Alverda).

Population, income & housing

	Alverda	Smicksburg
Population	173	56
Median age	43.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$56,000
Median home value	$82,800	$85,000
Housing units	100	29
Homeownership rate	71.0%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	4.5%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	23.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alverda	Smicksburg
Population	141 → 173 (+22.7%)	51 → 56 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$36,016 → $36,250 (+0.6%)	$28,750 → $56,000 (+94.8%)
Median home value	$77,800 → $82,800 (+6.4%)	$67,100 → $85,000 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $775 (+15.3%)	—

Alverda

Population

141173

Median household income

$36,016$36,250

Median home value

$77,800$82,800

Median gross rent

$672$775

Smicksburg

Population

5156

Median household income

$28,750$56,000

Median home value

$67,100$85,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alverda	Smicksburg
Under 5	0.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	24.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.7%
45 to 54	5.8%	3.6%
55 to 64	15.6%	37.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	1.8%
75 and over	16.8%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alverda	Smicksburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alverda	Smicksburg
No high school diploma	11.6%	36.4%
High school graduate	64.5%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alverda	Smicksburg
Drove alone	64.1%	75.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	25.0%
Other means	16.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alverda	Smicksburg
1-unit, detached	91.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alverda	Smicksburg
Poverty rate	24.9%	12.5%
Average household size	1.68	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	32	26
Median year structure built	1963	1938