Old Forge vs Taylor

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

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

Old Forge has the higher population (8,533 vs 6,261 in Taylor). Old Forge has the higher median household income ($73,258 vs $60,446 in Taylor). Taylor has the higher median home value ($169,800 vs $169,700 in Old Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Old Forge	Taylor
Population	8,533	6,261
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,258	$60,446
Median home value	$169,700	$169,800
Median gross rent	$862	$1,015
Housing units	3,949	2,633
Homeownership rate	71.2%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Forge	Taylor
Population	7,965 → 8,533 (+7.1%)	5,965 → 6,261 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$57,563 → $73,258 (+27.3%)	$45,458 → $60,446 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $169,700 (+14.3%)	$126,000 → $169,800 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $862 (+3.2%)	$783 → $1,015 (+29.6%)

Old Forge

Population

7,9658,533

Median household income

$57,563$73,258

Median home value

$148,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$835$862

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)

	Old Forge	Taylor
Under 5	8.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.5%
75 and over	9.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Forge	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	76.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.7%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Forge	Taylor
No high school diploma	5.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	35.1%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Forge	Taylor
Drove alone	76.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.6%	2.3%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.3%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Forge	Taylor
1-unit, detached	72.2%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Old Forge	Taylor
Poverty rate	7.4%	14.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1959	1963