Penns Creek vs Troxelville

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

Penns Creek and Troxelville 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 433 in Troxelville). Troxelville has the higher median household income ($75,781 vs $52,875 in Penns Creek). Troxelville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $150,000 in Penns Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
Population	709	433
Median age	31.7 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,875	$75,781
Median home value	$150,000	$187,500
Median gross rent	$1,059	—
Housing units	292	124
Homeownership rate	59.1%	91.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
Population	674 → 709 (+5.2%)	322 → 433 (+34.5%)
Median household income	$39,336 → $52,875 (+34.4%)	$63,125 → $75,781 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $150,000 (+20.0%)	$118,800 → $187,500 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $1,059 (+49.8%)	$788 → $675 (-14.3%)

Penns Creek

Population

674709

Median household income

$39,336$52,875

Median home value

$125,000$150,000

Median gross rent

$707$1,059

Troxelville

Population

322433

Median household income

$63,125$75,781

Median home value

$118,800$187,500

Median gross rent

$788$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
Under 5	7.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	4.2%	25.4%
18 to 24	21.3%	13.2%
25 to 34	21.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	4.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	16.9%
75 and over	3.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
No high school diploma	11.2%	30.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
Drove alone	79.2%	59.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.9%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	32.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
1-unit, detached	51.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penns Creek	Troxelville
Poverty rate	12.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.39	4.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1976	1938