Blakely vs Olyphant

A side-by-side comparison of Blakely and Olyphant: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blakely has the higher population (6,661 vs 5,370 in Olyphant). Olyphant has the higher median household income ($63,516 vs $59,858 in Blakely). Blakely has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Blakely	Olyphant
Population	6,661	5,370
Median age	52.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,858	$63,516
Median home value	$183,600	$143,400
Median gross rent	$988	$889
Housing units	3,337	2,607
Homeownership rate	67.1%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakely	Olyphant
Population	6,258 → 6,661 (+6.4%)	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $59,858 (+10.5%)	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $183,600 (+14.2%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $988 (+18.0%)	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)

Blakely

Population

6,2586,661

Median household income

$54,194$59,858

Median home value

$160,800$183,600

Median gross rent

$837$988

Olyphant

Population

5,0645,370

Median household income

$46,078$63,516

Median home value

$127,800$143,400

Median gross rent

$803$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakely	Olyphant
Under 5	4.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.2%
75 and over	17.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakely	Olyphant
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakely	Olyphant
No high school diploma	4.7%	2.1%
High school graduate	43.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakely	Olyphant
Drove alone	71.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	5.3%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.0%	12.7%
Other means	2.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakely	Olyphant
1-unit, detached	69.2%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Blakely	Olyphant
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1944	1963