Hegins vs Palo Alto

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

Hegins and Palo Alto 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 985 in Palo Alto). Hegins has the higher median household income ($90,829 vs $56,875 in Palo Alto). Hegins has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $84,200 in Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Hegins	Palo Alto
Population	1,103	985
Median age	32.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$90,829	$56,875
Median home value	$209,800	$84,200
Median gross rent	$800	$886
Housing units	540	476
Homeownership rate	79.3%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.6%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hegins	Palo Alto
Population	916 → 1,103 (+20.4%)	830 → 985 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$70,000 → $90,829 (+29.8%)	$44,792 → $56,875 (+27.0%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $209,800 (+113.0%)	$75,500 → $84,200 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $800 (+11.4%)	$733 → $886 (+20.9%)

Hegins

Population

9161,103

Median household income

$70,000$90,829

Median home value

$98,500$209,800

Median gross rent

$718$800

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)

	Hegins	Palo Alto
Under 5	0.0%	9.0%
5 to 17	1.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	48.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	4.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.3%
75 and over	7.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hegins	Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hegins	Palo Alto
No high school diploma	3.2%	9.2%
High school graduate	23.9%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hegins	Palo Alto
Drove alone	83.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hegins	Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	86.1%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	31.1%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Hegins	Palo Alto
Poverty rate	4.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1961	1938