Girardville vs Palo Alto

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

Girardville and Palo Alto 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 985 in Palo Alto). Palo Alto has the higher median household income ($56,875 vs $37,639 in Girardville). Palo Alto has the higher median home value ($84,200 vs $41,200 in Girardville).

Population, income & housing

	Girardville	Palo Alto
Population	1,094	985
Median age	50.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$37,639	$56,875
Median home value	$41,200	$84,200
Median gross rent	$613	$886
Housing units	786	476
Homeownership rate	76.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Girardville	Palo Alto
Population	1,454 → 1,094 (-24.8%)	830 → 985 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$36,544 → $37,639 (+3.0%)	$44,792 → $56,875 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$34,000 → $41,200 (+21.2%)	$75,500 → $84,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $613 (-13.4%)	$733 → $886 (+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

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)

	Girardville	Palo Alto
Under 5	1.2%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	16.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.3%
75 and over	11.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Girardville	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Girardville	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	15.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	58.9%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Girardville	Palo Alto
Drove alone	83.8%	79.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Girardville	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	27.4%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	50.6%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Girardville	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	25.0%	9.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938