Alfarata vs Cedar Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Alfarata and Cedar Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cedar Crest has the higher population (124 vs 120 in Alfarata). Cedar Crest has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $97,100 in Alfarata). Since 2019, Alfarata's population has grown faster (-32.2% vs -53.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
Population	120	124
Median age	13.9 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$27,422
Median home value	$97,100	$101,900
Housing units	71	109
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
Population	177 → 120 (-32.2%)	268 → 124 (-53.7%)
Median household income	$87,917 → $93,009 (+5.8%)	$37,500 → $27,422 (-26.9%)
Median home value	$100,500 → $97,100 (-3.4%)	$65,500 → $101,900 (+55.6%)

Alfarata

Population

177120

Median household income

$87,917$93,009

Median home value

$100,500$97,100

Cedar Crest

Population

268124

Median household income

$37,500$27,422

Median home value

$65,500$101,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
Under 5	22.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	31.7%	27.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.5%	23.4%
35 to 44	18.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	28.2%
65 to 74	7.5%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
No high school diploma	10.9%	37.8%
High school graduate	65.5%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	15.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
Drove alone	100.0%	69.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	30.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
1-unit, detached	66.2%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.8%	30.3%

Poverty & households

	Alfarata	Cedar Crest
Poverty rate	0.0%	52.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	48
Median year structure built	1953	1959