Cairnbrook vs Jerome

A side-by-side comparison of Cairnbrook and Jerome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jerome has the higher population (645 vs 469 in Cairnbrook). Jerome has the higher median household income ($58,986 vs $55,938 in Cairnbrook). Since 2019, Jerome's population has grown faster (-10.7% vs -16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
Population	469	645
Median age	36.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,938	$58,986
Median home value	$83,300	—
Median gross rent	$772	—
Housing units	211	381
Homeownership rate	81.4%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.4%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
Population	559 → 469 (-16.1%)	722 → 645 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $55,938 (+16.2%)	$48,469 → $58,986 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$74,400 → $83,300 (+12.0%)	$64,000 → $87,200 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $772 (+13.2%)	—

Cairnbrook

Population

559469

Median household income

$48,125$55,938

Median home value

$74,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$682$772

Jerome

Population

722645

Median household income

$48,469$58,986

Median home value

$64,000$87,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
Under 5	1.5%	3.6%
5 to 17	30.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.3%	8.2%
35 to 44	19.8%	16.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.7%	19.4%
75 and over	6.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	96.0%
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	11.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
No high school diploma	11.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	66.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.4%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
Drove alone	95.7%	74.1%
Carpooled	2.2%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
1-unit, detached	80.1%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	9.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.5%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cairnbrook	Jerome
Poverty rate	16.8%	0.0%
Average household size	3.01	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938