Eldred vs Foster Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Eldred and Foster Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Foster Brook has the higher population (1,019 vs 538 in Eldred). Foster Brook has the higher median household income ($69,659 vs $45,278 in Eldred). Eldred has the higher median home value ($113,700 vs $109,100 in Foster Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Eldred	Foster Brook
Population	538	1,019
Median age	51.7 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,278	$69,659
Median home value	$113,700	$109,100
Median gross rent	$491	$709
Housing units	343	482
Homeownership rate	73.9%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldred	Foster Brook
Population	617 → 538 (-12.8%)	1,086 → 1,019 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $45,278 (-2.1%)	$52,344 → $69,659 (+33.1%)
Median home value	$81,100 → $113,700 (+40.2%)	$85,000 → $109,100 (+28.4%)
Median gross rent	$430 → $491 (+14.2%)	$687 → $709 (+3.2%)

Eldred

Population

617538

Median household income

$46,250$45,278

Median home value

$81,100$113,700

Median gross rent

$430$491

Foster Brook

Population

1,0861,019

Median household income

$52,344$69,659

Median home value

$85,000$109,100

Median gross rent

$687$709

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldred	Foster Brook
Under 5	1.7%	4.0%
5 to 17	14.5%	21.5%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	4.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	24.4%
55 to 64	20.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.2%
75 and over	16.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldred	Foster Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldred	Foster Brook
No high school diploma	2.7%	3.8%
High school graduate	55.3%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldred	Foster Brook
Drove alone	79.9%	87.8%
Carpooled	4.2%	6.1%
Public transit	10.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldred	Foster Brook
1-unit, detached	76.7%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Eldred	Foster Brook
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1938	1947