Girardville vs Hegins

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

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

Hegins has the higher population (1,103 vs 1,094 in Girardville). Hegins has the higher median household income ($90,829 vs $37,639 in Girardville). Hegins has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $41,200 in Girardville).

Population, income & housing

	Girardville	Hegins
Population	1,094	1,103
Median age	50.2 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$37,639	$90,829
Median home value	$41,200	$209,800
Median gross rent	$613	$800
Housing units	786	540
Homeownership rate	76.4%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girardville	Hegins
Population	1,454 → 1,094 (-24.8%)	916 → 1,103 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$36,544 → $37,639 (+3.0%)	$70,000 → $90,829 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$34,000 → $41,200 (+21.2%)	$98,500 → $209,800 (+113.0%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $613 (-13.4%)	$718 → $800 (+11.4%)

Girardville

Population

1,4541,094

Median household income

$36,544$37,639

Median home value

$34,000$41,200

Median gross rent

$708$613

Hegins

Population

9161,103

Median household income

$70,000$90,829

Median home value

$98,500$209,800

Median gross rent

$718$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Girardville	Hegins
Under 5	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	1.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	48.2%
35 to 44	14.7%	4.0%
45 to 54	16.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	9.6%
75 and over	11.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girardville	Hegins
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girardville	Hegins
No high school diploma	15.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	58.9%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girardville	Hegins
Drove alone	83.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	11.9%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girardville	Hegins
1-unit, detached	27.4%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Girardville	Hegins
Poverty rate	25.0%	4.6%
Average household size	1.87	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1938	1961