Blakely vs Taylor

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

Blakely and Taylor 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 6,261 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median household income ($60,446 vs $59,858 in Blakely). Blakely has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $169,800 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Blakely	Taylor
Population	6,661	6,261
Median age	52.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,858	$60,446
Median home value	$183,600	$169,800
Median gross rent	$988	$1,015
Housing units	3,337	2,633
Homeownership rate	67.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakely	Taylor
Population	6,258 → 6,661 (+6.4%)	5,965 → 6,261 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $59,858 (+10.5%)	$45,458 → $60,446 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $183,600 (+14.2%)	$126,000 → $169,800 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $988 (+18.0%)	$783 → $1,015 (+29.6%)

Blakely

Population

6,2586,661

Median household income

$54,194$59,858

Median home value

$160,800$183,600

Median gross rent

$837$988

Taylor

Population

5,9656,261

Median household income

$45,458$60,446

Median home value

$126,000$169,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blakely	Taylor
Under 5	4.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	7.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	14.5%
75 and over	17.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakely	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	76.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakely	Taylor
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.3%
High school graduate	43.2%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakely	Taylor
Drove alone	71.1%	80.9%
Carpooled	16.1%	3.9%
Public transit	1.4%	2.3%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	9.2%
Other means	2.4%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakely	Taylor
1-unit, detached	69.2%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Blakely	Taylor
Poverty rate	7.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1944	1963