Gordon vs Palo Alto

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

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

Gordon has the higher population (1,004 vs 985 in Palo Alto). Gordon has the higher median household income ($82,344 vs $56,875 in Palo Alto). Gordon has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $84,200 in Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Gordon	Palo Alto
Population	1,004	985
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,344	$56,875
Median home value	$111,800	$84,200
Median gross rent	$746	$886
Housing units	494	476
Homeownership rate	73.0%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gordon	Palo Alto
Population	821 → 1,004 (+22.3%)	830 → 985 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$56,765 → $82,344 (+45.1%)	$44,792 → $56,875 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $111,800 (+14.7%)	$75,500 → $84,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$617 → $746 (+20.9%)	$733 → $886 (+20.9%)

Gordon

Population

8211,004

Median household income

$56,765$82,344

Median home value

$97,500$111,800

Median gross rent

$617$746

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)

	Gordon	Palo Alto
Under 5	4.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.3%
75 and over	2.9%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gordon	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gordon	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.2%
High school graduate	39.9%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gordon	Palo Alto
Drove alone	87.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	4.3%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gordon	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	63.8%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	21.3%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gordon	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	4.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938