Coplay vs Slatington

A side-by-side comparison of Coplay and Slatington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slatington has the higher population (4,277 vs 3,423 in Coplay). Coplay has the higher median household income ($67,768 vs $50,170 in Slatington). Coplay has the higher median home value ($199,000 vs $177,300 in Slatington).

Population, income & housing

	Coplay	Slatington
Population	3,423	4,277
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,768	$50,170
Median home value	$199,000	$177,300
Median gross rent	$1,163	$744
Housing units	1,506	1,939
Homeownership rate	69.4%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coplay	Slatington
Population	3,201 → 3,423 (+6.9%)	4,291 → 4,277 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$54,625 → $67,768 (+24.1%)	$50,595 → $50,170 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $199,000 (+20.5%)	$138,300 → $177,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$918 → $1,163 (+26.7%)	$807 → $744 (-7.8%)

Coplay

Population

3,2013,423

Median household income

$54,625$67,768

Median home value

$165,200$199,000

Median gross rent

$918$1,163

Slatington

Population

4,2914,277

Median household income

$50,595$50,170

Median home value

$138,300$177,300

Median gross rent

$807$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coplay	Slatington
Under 5	5.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.2%	2.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	19.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.5%
75 and over	9.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coplay	Slatington
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	83.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
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	2.4%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coplay	Slatington
No high school diploma	7.3%	11.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coplay	Slatington
Drove alone	90.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coplay	Slatington
1-unit, detached	37.7%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	40.6%	30.8%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.3%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coplay	Slatington
Poverty rate	11.4%	22.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1955	1938