Friedensburg vs Palo Alto

A side-by-side comparison of Friedensburg and Palo Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palo Alto has the higher population (985 vs 833 in Friedensburg). Friedensburg has the higher median household income ($64,474 vs $56,875 in Palo Alto). Friedensburg has the higher median home value ($163,900 vs $84,200 in Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
Population	833	985
Median age	43.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,474	$56,875
Median home value	$163,900	$84,200
Median gross rent	$889	$886
Housing units	428	476
Homeownership rate	80.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
Population	816 → 833 (+2.1%)	830 → 985 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$76,154 → $64,474 (-15.3%)	$44,792 → $56,875 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$143,400 → $163,900 (+14.3%)	$75,500 → $84,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $889 (+15.3%)	$733 → $886 (+20.9%)

Friedensburg

Population

816833

Median household income

$76,154$64,474

Median home value

$143,400$163,900

Median gross rent

$771$889

Palo Alto

Population

830985

Median household income

$44,792$56,875

Median home value

$75,500$84,200

Median gross rent

$733$886

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
Under 5	5.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.1%
45 to 54	17.9%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.2%	12.3%
75 and over	12.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.2%
High school graduate	50.9%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
Drove alone	65.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	26.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	64.5%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	7.9%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Friedensburg	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1977	1938