Duboistown vs Faxon

A side-by-side comparison of Duboistown and Faxon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duboistown has the higher population (1,404 vs 834 in Faxon). Faxon has the higher median home value ($191,000 vs $187,700 in Duboistown). Since 2019, Duboistown's population has grown faster (+20.7% vs -33.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Duboistown	Faxon
Population	1,404	834
Median age	40.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,188	—
Median home value	$187,700	$191,000
Median gross rent	$1,035	—
Housing units	563	441
Homeownership rate	82.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	40.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duboistown	Faxon
Population	1,163 → 1,404 (+20.7%)	1,255 → 834 (-33.5%)
Median household income	$54,931 → $82,188 (+49.6%)	$76,741 → $80,148 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $187,700 (+43.7%)	$191,000 → $191,000 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,035 (+20.9%)	$744 → $772 (+3.8%)

Duboistown

Population

1,1631,404

Median household income

$54,931$82,188

Median home value

$130,600$187,700

Median gross rent

$856$1,035

Faxon

Population

1,255834

Median household income

$76,741$80,148

Median home value

$191,000$191,000

Median gross rent

$744$772

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duboistown	Faxon
Under 5	3.9%	2.0%
5 to 17	23.4%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	5.9%
35 to 44	17.9%	16.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.5%
75 and over	7.8%	25.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duboistown	Faxon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duboistown	Faxon
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	41.4%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duboistown	Faxon
Drove alone	76.5%	91.9%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	8.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duboistown	Faxon
1-unit, detached	80.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duboistown	Faxon
Poverty rate	8.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1948	1954