Cressona vs Girardville

A side-by-side comparison of Cressona and Girardville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cressona has the higher population (1,303 vs 1,094 in Girardville). Cressona has the higher median household income ($71,010 vs $37,639 in Girardville). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $41,200 in Girardville).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Girardville
Population	1,303	1,094
Median age	38.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$37,639
Median home value	$153,500	$41,200
Median gross rent	$888	$613
Housing units	588	786
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Girardville
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,454 → 1,094 (-24.8%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$36,544 → $37,639 (+3.0%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$34,000 → $41,200 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$708 → $613 (-13.4%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Girardville

Population

1,4541,094

Median household income

$36,544$37,639

Median home value

$34,000$41,200

Median gross rent

$708$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Girardville
Under 5	4.6%	1.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.3%
75 and over	8.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Girardville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Girardville
No high school diploma	6.4%	15.8%
High school graduate	50.0%	58.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Girardville
Drove alone	76.2%	83.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	1.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Girardville
1-unit, detached	66.0%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	50.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.9%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Girardville
Poverty rate	5.5%	25.0%
Average household size	2.35	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938