Jackson Center vs Wheatland

A side-by-side comparison of Jackson Center and Wheatland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wheatland has the higher population (703 vs 164 in Jackson Center). Jackson Center has the higher median household income ($57,083 vs $43,625 in Wheatland). Jackson Center has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $64,600 in Wheatland).

Population, income & housing

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
Population	164	703
Median age	51.5 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$57,083	$43,625
Median home value	$125,000	$64,600
Median gross rent	$725	$796
Housing units	96	322
Homeownership rate	90.7%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.9%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
Population	181 → 164 (-9.4%)	589 → 703 (+19.4%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $57,083 (+2.2%)	$32,206 → $43,625 (+35.5%)
Median home value	$108,600 → $125,000 (+15.1%)	$58,700 → $64,600 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $725 (+0.0%)	$682 → $796 (+16.7%)

Jackson Center

Population

181164

Median household income

$55,833$57,083

Median home value

$108,600$125,000

Median gross rent

$725$725

Wheatland

Population

589703

Median household income

$32,206$43,625

Median home value

$58,700$64,600

Median gross rent

$682$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
Under 5	1.2%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.0%	15.1%
18 to 24	3.0%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.6%	18.8%
55 to 64	21.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	8.1%
75 and over	6.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	23.0%
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	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
No high school diploma	12.7%	8.2%
High school graduate	53.7%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
Drove alone	67.2%	82.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	3.5%
Other means	6.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
1-unit, detached	88.5%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Jackson Center	Wheatland
Poverty rate	12.2%	33.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1938	1954