Refton vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Refton and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Refton has the higher population (589 vs 577 in Wakefield). Refton has the higher median household income ($144,045 vs $77,976 in Wakefield). Refton has the higher median home value ($428,900 vs $310,900 in Wakefield).

Population, income & housing

	Refton	Wakefield
Population	589	577
Median age	21.0 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$144,045	$77,976
Median home value	$428,900	$310,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,643
Housing units	135	182
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Refton	Wakefield
Population	490 → 589 (+20.2%)	571 → 577 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$84,700 → $144,045 (+70.1%)	$66,806 → $77,976 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$193,400 → $428,900 (+121.8%)	$236,200 → $310,900 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,075 → $1,643 (+52.8%)

Refton

Population

490589

Median household income

$84,700$144,045

Median home value

$193,400$428,900

Wakefield

Population

571577

Median household income

$66,806$77,976

Median home value

$236,200$310,900

Median gross rent

$1,075$1,643

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Refton	Wakefield
Under 5	22.2%	11.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	13.5%
25 to 34	24.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.1%
75 and over	0.0%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Refton	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Refton	Wakefield
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.1%
High school graduate	55.3%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Refton	Wakefield
Drove alone	58.9%	61.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.8%
Worked from home	41.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	14.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Refton	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Refton	Wakefield
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.8%
Average household size	4.36	3.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	2011	1978