Cressona vs Valley View

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

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

Valley View has the higher population (1,473 vs 1,303 in Cressona). Valley View has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $71,010 in Cressona). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $144,100 in Valley View).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Valley View
Population	1,303	1,473
Median age	38.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$71,250
Median home value	$153,500	$144,100
Median gross rent	$888	$1,031
Housing units	588	604
Homeownership rate	73.2%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Valley View
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,572 → 1,473 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$58,914 → $71,250 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$111,200 → $144,100 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$802 → $1,031 (+28.6%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Valley View

Population

1,5721,473

Median household income

$58,914$71,250

Median home value

$111,200$144,100

Median gross rent

$802$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Valley View
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Valley View
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	50.0%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Valley View
Drove alone	76.2%	76.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	7.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Valley View
1-unit, detached	66.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Valley View
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1938	1950