Heckscherville vs Seltzer

A side-by-side comparison of Heckscherville and Seltzer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seltzer has the higher population (343 vs 315 in Heckscherville). Seltzer has the higher median household income ($108,869 vs $66,042 in Heckscherville). Seltzer has the higher median home value ($122,100 vs $71,700 in Heckscherville).

Population, income & housing

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
Population	315	343
Median age	28.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,042	$108,869
Median home value	$71,700	$122,100
Housing units	108	127
Homeownership rate	87.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
Population	188 → 315 (+67.6%)	281 → 343 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$43,000 → $66,042 (+53.6%)	$48,750 → $108,869 (+123.3%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $71,700 (+40.6%)	$129,200 → $122,100 (-5.5%)

Heckscherville

Population

188315

Median household income

$43,000$66,042

Median home value

$51,000$71,700

Seltzer

Population

281343

Median household income

$48,750$108,869

Median home value

$129,200$122,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
Under 5	8.3%	15.2%
5 to 17	24.8%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	20.6%	28.3%
35 to 44	4.4%	9.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.2%	18.7%
75 and over	1.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	92.4%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	40.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
Drove alone	83.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	0.0%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
1-unit, detached	55.6%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	44.4%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heckscherville	Seltzer
Poverty rate	9.5%	0.0%
Average household size	3.32	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	35
Median year structure built	1938	1968