Elysburg vs Watsontown

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

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

Elysburg has the higher population (2,410 vs 1,845 in Watsontown). Elysburg has the higher median household income ($119,646 vs $53,355 in Watsontown). Elysburg has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $161,200 in Watsontown).

Population, income & housing

	Elysburg	Watsontown
Population	2,410	1,845
Median age	47.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,646	$53,355
Median home value	$238,400	$161,200
Median gross rent	$622	$848
Housing units	1,080	897
Homeownership rate	91.4%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.3%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elysburg	Watsontown
Population	1,863 → 2,410 (+29.4%)	2,333 → 1,845 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$78,041 → $119,646 (+53.3%)	$43,947 → $53,355 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $238,400 (+18.4%)	$136,900 → $161,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$372 → $622 (+67.2%)	$728 → $848 (+16.5%)

Elysburg

Population

1,8632,410

Median household income

$78,041$119,646

Median home value

$201,300$238,400

Median gross rent

$372$622

Watsontown

Population

2,3331,845

Median household income

$43,947$53,355

Median home value

$136,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$728$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elysburg	Watsontown
Under 5	1.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	2.6%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	21.6%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.0%
75 and over	6.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elysburg	Watsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elysburg	Watsontown
No high school diploma	2.5%	8.7%
High school graduate	31.3%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	34.4%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elysburg	Watsontown
Drove alone	69.2%	85.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elysburg	Watsontown
1-unit, detached	88.8%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	5.2%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Elysburg	Watsontown
Poverty rate	0.8%	14.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1977	1952