Elysburg vs Northumberland

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

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

Northumberland has the higher population (3,874 vs 2,410 in Elysburg). Elysburg has the higher median household income ($119,646 vs $57,162 in Northumberland). Elysburg has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $158,200 in Northumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Elysburg	Northumberland
Population	2,410	3,874
Median age	47.7 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$119,646	$57,162
Median home value	$238,400	$158,200
Median gross rent	$622	$986
Housing units	1,080	1,861
Homeownership rate	91.4%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elysburg	Northumberland
Population	1,863 → 2,410 (+29.4%)	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$78,041 → $119,646 (+53.3%)	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $238,400 (+18.4%)	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$372 → $622 (+67.2%)	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)

Elysburg

Population

1,8632,410

Median household income

$78,041$119,646

Median home value

$201,300$238,400

Median gross rent

$372$622

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elysburg	Northumberland
Under 5	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.7%
55 to 64	21.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.8%
75 and over	6.8%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elysburg	Northumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
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%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elysburg	Northumberland
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elysburg	Northumberland
Drove alone	69.2%	82.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elysburg	Northumberland
1-unit, detached	88.8%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Elysburg	Northumberland
Poverty rate	0.8%	18.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1977	1954