Elysburg vs Mount Carmel

A side-by-side comparison of Elysburg and Mount Carmel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (5,695 vs 2,410 in Elysburg). Elysburg has the higher median household income ($119,646 vs $52,667 in Mount Carmel). Elysburg has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $74,700 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
Population	2,410	5,695
Median age	47.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,646	$52,667
Median home value	$238,400	$74,700
Median gross rent	$622	$796
Housing units	1,080	3,203
Homeownership rate	91.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
Population	1,863 → 2,410 (+29.4%)	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$78,041 → $119,646 (+53.3%)	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $238,400 (+18.4%)	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$372 → $622 (+67.2%)	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)

Elysburg

Population

1,8632,410

Median household income

$78,041$119,646

Median home value

$201,300$238,400

Median gross rent

$372$622

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
Under 5	1.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	2.6%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.4%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.0%
75 and over	6.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
No high school diploma	2.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	31.3%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
Drove alone	69.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	13.4%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
1-unit, detached	88.8%	35.4%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	50.1%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Elysburg	Mount Carmel
Poverty rate	0.8%	16.2%
Average household size	2.44	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	24
Median year structure built	1977	1938