Girardville vs Gordon

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

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

Girardville has the higher population (1,094 vs 1,004 in Gordon). Gordon has the higher median household income ($82,344 vs $37,639 in Girardville). Gordon has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $41,200 in Girardville).

Population, income & housing

	Girardville	Gordon
Population	1,094	1,004
Median age	50.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,639	$82,344
Median home value	$41,200	$111,800
Median gross rent	$613	$746
Housing units	786	494
Homeownership rate	76.4%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girardville	Gordon
Population	1,454 → 1,094 (-24.8%)	821 → 1,004 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$36,544 → $37,639 (+3.0%)	$56,765 → $82,344 (+45.1%)
Median home value	$34,000 → $41,200 (+21.2%)	$97,500 → $111,800 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $613 (-13.4%)	$617 → $746 (+20.9%)

Girardville

Population

1,4541,094

Median household income

$36,544$37,639

Median home value

$34,000$41,200

Median gross rent

$708$613

Gordon

Population

8211,004

Median household income

$56,765$82,344

Median home value

$97,500$111,800

Median gross rent

$617$746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Girardville	Gordon
Under 5	1.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	16.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	16.7%	14.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	13.5%
75 and over	11.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girardville	Gordon
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	98.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girardville	Gordon
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.7%
High school graduate	58.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girardville	Gordon
Drove alone	83.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girardville	Gordon
1-unit, detached	27.4%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	21.3%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Girardville	Gordon
Poverty rate	25.0%	4.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938