Marlin vs Seltzer

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

Marlin 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 307 in Marlin). Marlin has the higher median household income ($148,390 vs $108,869 in Seltzer). Marlin has the higher median home value ($159,500 vs $122,100 in Seltzer).

Population, income & housing

	Marlin	Seltzer
Population	307	343
Median age	26.3 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$148,390	$108,869
Median home value	$159,500	$122,100
Housing units	130	127
Homeownership rate	100.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marlin	Seltzer
Population	420 → 307 (-26.9%)	281 → 343 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$40,167 → $148,390 (+269.4%)	$48,750 → $108,869 (+123.3%)
Median home value	$147,500 → $159,500 (+8.1%)	$129,200 → $122,100 (-5.5%)

Marlin

Population

420307

Median household income

$40,167$148,390

Median home value

$147,500$159,500

Seltzer

Population

281343

Median household income

$48,750$108,869

Median home value

$129,200$122,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marlin	Seltzer
Under 5	0.0%	15.2%
5 to 17	14.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	30.0%	10.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	28.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	23.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	4.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	18.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marlin	Seltzer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marlin	Seltzer
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.3%
High school graduate	78.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	9.4%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marlin	Seltzer
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marlin	Seltzer
1-unit, detached	81.5%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	18.5%	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

	Marlin	Seltzer
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1938	1968