Moosic vs Olyphant

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

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

Moosic has the higher population (5,954 vs 5,370 in Olyphant). Moosic has the higher median household income ($74,792 vs $63,516 in Olyphant). Moosic has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Moosic	Olyphant
Population	5,954	5,370
Median age	38.7 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,792	$63,516
Median home value	$235,500	$143,400
Median gross rent	$1,268	$889
Housing units	2,593	2,607
Homeownership rate	64.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moosic	Olyphant
Population	5,767 → 5,954 (+3.2%)	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$55,957 → $74,792 (+33.7%)	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $235,500 (+41.9%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,268 (+70.0%)	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)

Moosic

Population

5,7675,954

Median household income

$55,957$74,792

Median home value

$166,000$235,500

Median gross rent

$746$1,268

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)

	Moosic	Olyphant
Under 5	6.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	12.2%
75 and over	10.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moosic	Olyphant
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	87.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moosic	Olyphant
No high school diploma	6.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	32.9%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moosic	Olyphant
Drove alone	83.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	2.6%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	12.1%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moosic	Olyphant
1-unit, detached	54.8%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	11.9%
20 or more units	1.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Moosic	Olyphant
Poverty rate	7.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1968	1963