Paxtonville vs Penns Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Paxtonville and Penns Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Penns Creek has the higher population (709 vs 193 in Paxtonville). Paxtonville has the higher median household income ($59,830 vs $52,875 in Penns Creek). Paxtonville has the higher median home value ($203,600 vs $150,000 in Penns Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
Population	193	709
Median age	36.0 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,830	$52,875
Median home value	$203,600	$150,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,059
Housing units	90	292
Homeownership rate	69.9%	59.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.1%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
Population	268 → 193 (-28.0%)	674 → 709 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$82,625 → $59,830 (-27.6%)	$39,336 → $52,875 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $203,600 (+65.8%)	$125,000 → $150,000 (+20.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$707 → $1,059 (+49.8%)

Paxtonville

Population

268193

Median household income

$82,625$59,830

Median home value

$122,800$203,600

Penns Creek

Population

674709

Median household income

$39,336$52,875

Median home value

$125,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$707$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
Under 5	11.9%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.0%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.3%
25 to 34	4.7%	21.2%
35 to 44	38.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	4.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.0%
75 and over	3.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	73.8%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
Drove alone	100.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
1-unit, detached	94.4%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.5%

Poverty & households

	Paxtonville	Penns Creek
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.9%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	11	15
Median year structure built	1938	1976