Refton vs Washington Boro

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

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

Washington Boro has the higher population (655 vs 589 in Refton). Refton has the higher median household income ($144,045 vs $98,750 in Washington Boro). Refton has the higher median home value ($428,900 vs $241,800 in Washington Boro).

Population, income & housing

	Refton	Washington Boro
Population	589	655
Median age	21.0 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$144,045	$98,750
Median home value	$428,900	$241,800
Housing units	135	248
Homeownership rate	100.0%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	29.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Refton	Washington Boro
Population	490 → 589 (+20.2%)	999 → 655 (-34.4%)
Median household income	$84,700 → $144,045 (+70.1%)	$95,278 → $98,750 (+3.6%)
Median home value	$193,400 → $428,900 (+121.8%)	$190,600 → $241,800 (+26.9%)

Refton

Population

490589

Median household income

$84,700$144,045

Median home value

$193,400$428,900

Washington Boro

Population

999655

Median household income

$95,278$98,750

Median home value

$190,600$241,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Refton	Washington Boro
Under 5	22.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	10.7%
25 to 34	24.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Refton	Washington Boro
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.6%
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%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Refton	Washington Boro
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	55.3%	59.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	14.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Refton	Washington Boro
Drove alone	58.9%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Refton	Washington Boro
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Refton	Washington Boro
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	4.36	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	2011	1951