Ellwood City vs Oakwood

A side-by-side comparison of Ellwood City and Oakwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellwood City has the higher population (7,575 vs 2,263 in Oakwood). Oakwood has the higher median household income ($72,273 vs $62,266 in Ellwood City). Ellwood City has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $112,500 in Oakwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
Population	7,575	2,263
Median age	45.9 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,266	$72,273
Median home value	$120,400	$112,500
Median gross rent	$836	$1,261
Housing units	4,020	964
Homeownership rate	71.5%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
Population	7,679 → 7,575 (-1.4%)	2,233 → 2,263 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $62,266 (+34.6%)	$50,461 → $72,273 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$97,700 → $120,400 (+23.2%)	$85,700 → $112,500 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $836 (+23.9%)	$778 → $1,261 (+62.1%)

Ellwood City

Population

7,6797,575

Median household income

$46,250$62,266

Median home value

$97,700$120,400

Median gross rent

$675$836

Oakwood

Population

2,2332,263

Median household income

$50,461$72,273

Median home value

$85,700$112,500

Median gross rent

$778$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
Under 5	4.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	11.9%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	2.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	17.5%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.2%
75 and over	8.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
No high school diploma	7.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
Drove alone	72.4%	73.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	15.4%
Other means	0.8%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
1-unit, detached	77.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Ellwood City	Oakwood
Poverty rate	10.2%	9.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1945	1958