Gordon vs New Philadelphia

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

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

New Philadelphia has the higher population (1,008 vs 1,004 in Gordon). Gordon has the higher median household income ($82,344 vs $45,903 in New Philadelphia). Gordon has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $84,400 in New Philadelphia).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
Population	1,004	1,008
Median age	38.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,344	$45,903
Median home value	$111,800	$84,400
Median gross rent	$746	$563
Housing units	494	598
Homeownership rate	73.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
Population	821 → 1,004 (+22.3%)	1,018 → 1,008 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$56,765 → $82,344 (+45.1%)	$50,000 → $45,903 (-8.2%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $111,800 (+14.7%)	$58,400 → $84,400 (+44.5%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $746 (+20.9%)	$600 → $563 (-6.2%)

Gordon

Population

8211,004

Median household income

$56,765$82,344

Median home value

$97,500$111,800

Median gross rent

$617$746

New Philadelphia

Population

1,0181,008

Median household income

$50,000$45,903

Median home value

$58,400$84,400

Median gross rent

$600$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
Under 5	4.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.8%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	11.5%
75 and over	2.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
No high school diploma	5.7%	6.6%
High school graduate	39.9%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
Drove alone	87.9%	89.6%
Carpooled	7.8%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
1-unit, detached	63.8%	33.3%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	44.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	13.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	New Philadelphia
Poverty rate	4.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.58	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938