New Columbus vs Pikes Creek

A side-by-side comparison of New Columbus and Pikes Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

New Columbus and Pikes Creek are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Columbus has the higher population (273 vs 269 in Pikes Creek). Pikes Creek has the higher median household income ($80,833 vs $36,071 in New Columbus). Pikes Creek has the higher median home value ($213,000 vs $176,100 in New Columbus).

Population, income & housing

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
Population	273	269
Median age	52.8 yrs	47.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,071	$80,833
Median home value	$176,100	$213,000
Housing units	123	114
Homeownership rate	88.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
Population	182 → 273 (+50.0%)	531 → 269 (-49.3%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $36,071 (-29.6%)	$76,346 → $80,833 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$140,000 → $176,100 (+25.8%)	$206,400 → $213,000 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$975 → $1,219 (+25.0%)	—

New Columbus

Population

182273

Median household income

$51,250$36,071

Median home value

$140,000$176,100

Median gross rent

$975$1,219

Pikes Creek

Population

531269

Median household income

$76,346$80,833

Median home value

$206,400$213,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	21.6%
35 to 44	5.1%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	23.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	6.3%
75 and over	26.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	92.6%
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	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	63.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
Drove alone	58.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	1.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.7%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
1-unit, detached	84.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.0%	15.8%

Poverty & households

	New Columbus	Pikes Creek
Poverty rate	16.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.35	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	41	35
Median year structure built	1969	1977