Denver vs East Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Denver and East Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Petersburg has the higher population (4,575 vs 3,775 in Denver). Denver has the higher median household income ($88,201 vs $86,614 in East Petersburg). East Petersburg has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $228,200 in Denver).

Population, income & housing

	Denver	East Petersburg
Population	3,775	4,575
Median age	37.1 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,201	$86,614
Median home value	$228,200	$248,100
Median gross rent	$1,243	$1,323
Housing units	1,580	2,072
Homeownership rate	71.0%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denver	East Petersburg
Population	3,861 → 3,775 (-2.2%)	4,520 → 4,575 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$62,931 → $88,201 (+40.2%)	$74,945 → $86,614 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $228,200 (+32.3%)	$181,400 → $248,100 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$911 → $1,243 (+36.4%)	$1,144 → $1,323 (+15.6%)

Denver

Population

3,8613,775

Median household income

$62,931$88,201

Median home value

$172,500$228,200

Median gross rent

$911$1,243

East Petersburg

Population

4,5204,575

Median household income

$74,945$86,614

Median home value

$181,400$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,323

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denver	East Petersburg
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	16.0%
18 to 24	2.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	12.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	14.9%
75 and over	4.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denver	East Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.2%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denver	East Petersburg
No high school diploma	12.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	43.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denver	East Petersburg
Drove alone	81.1%	85.5%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denver	East Petersburg
1-unit, detached	53.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	29.4%	28.3%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Denver	East Petersburg
Poverty rate	5.9%	6.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1976	1967