Gilberton vs Park Crest

A side-by-side comparison of Gilberton and Park Crest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Park Crest has the higher population (616 vs 608 in Gilberton). Park Crest has the higher median household income ($61,458 vs $60,417 in Gilberton). Park Crest has the higher median home value ($228,200 vs $35,600 in Gilberton).

Population, income & housing

	Gilberton	Park Crest
Population	608	616
Median age	44.1 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$60,417	$61,458
Median home value	$35,600	$228,200
Housing units	421	285
Homeownership rate	87.8%	93.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gilberton	Park Crest
Population	652 → 608 (-6.7%)	596 → 616 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$42,171 → $60,417 (+43.3%)	$58,333 → $61,458 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$31,900 → $35,600 (+11.6%)	$159,000 → $228,200 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $767 (+13.6%)	—

Gilberton

Population

652608

Median household income

$42,171$60,417

Median home value

$31,900$35,600

Median gross rent

$675$767

Park Crest

Population

596616

Median household income

$58,333$61,458

Median home value

$159,000$228,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gilberton	Park Crest
Under 5	2.6%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	8.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.3%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	4.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	19.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gilberton	Park Crest
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	14.3%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gilberton	Park Crest
No high school diploma	19.4%	6.8%
High school graduate	52.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gilberton	Park Crest
Drove alone	90.0%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gilberton	Park Crest
1-unit, detached	29.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	55.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Gilberton	Park Crest
Poverty rate	10.4%	20.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1938	1960