Blossburg vs Elkland

A side-by-side comparison of Blossburg and Elkland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blossburg has the higher population (1,763 vs 1,571 in Elkland). Blossburg has the higher median household income ($66,962 vs $61,731 in Elkland). Blossburg has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $133,000 in Elkland).

Population, income & housing

	Blossburg	Elkland
Population	1,763	1,571
Median age	39.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,962	$61,731
Median home value	$148,000	$133,000
Median gross rent	$972	$859
Housing units	767	802
Homeownership rate	68.6%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blossburg	Elkland
Population	2,114 → 1,763 (-16.6%)	1,831 → 1,571 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $66,962 (+16.0%)	$42,500 → $61,731 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $148,000 (+25.2%)	$80,900 → $133,000 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $972 (+50.5%)	$704 → $859 (+22.0%)

Blossburg

Population

2,1141,763

Median household income

$57,750$66,962

Median home value

$118,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$646$972

Elkland

Population

1,8311,571

Median household income

$42,500$61,731

Median home value

$80,900$133,000

Median gross rent

$704$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blossburg	Elkland
Under 5	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	13.8%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.1%
65 to 74	4.5%	12.8%
75 and over	7.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blossburg	Elkland
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blossburg	Elkland
No high school diploma	5.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	39.7%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blossburg	Elkland
Drove alone	87.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	2.9%	3.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blossburg	Elkland
1-unit, detached	72.2%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Blossburg	Elkland
Poverty rate	11.5%	13.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1938	1950