Creekside vs Ernest

A side-by-side comparison of Creekside and Ernest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ernest has the higher population (368 vs 359 in Creekside). Ernest has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $50,893 in Creekside). Ernest has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $67,200 in Creekside).

Population, income & housing

	Creekside	Ernest
Population	359	368
Median age	34.9 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$68,750
Median home value	$67,200	$81,000
Median gross rent	$850	$929
Housing units	146	148
Homeownership rate	72.7%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.2%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Creekside	Ernest
Population	338 → 359 (+6.2%)	523 → 368 (-29.6%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $50,893 (+31.3%)	$58,125 → $68,750 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $67,200 (+1.5%)	$68,100 → $81,000 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $850 (+29.8%)	$863 → $929 (+7.6%)

Creekside

Population

338359

Median household income

$38,750$50,893

Median home value

$66,200$67,200

Median gross rent

$655$850

Ernest

Population

523368

Median household income

$58,125$68,750

Median home value

$68,100$81,000

Median gross rent

$863$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Creekside	Ernest
Under 5	9.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.9%
18 to 24	13.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	4.9%
75 and over	8.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Creekside	Ernest
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	93.8%
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	1.7%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Creekside	Ernest
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	54.0%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Creekside	Ernest
Drove alone	81.1%	89.6%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Creekside	Ernest
1-unit, detached	80.1%	91.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Creekside	Ernest
Poverty rate	13.8%	15.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938