Blossburg vs Knoxville

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

Blossburg and Knoxville 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 923 in Knoxville). Blossburg has the higher median household income ($66,962 vs $52,500 in Knoxville). Blossburg has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $87,500 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Blossburg	Knoxville
Population	1,763	923
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,962	$52,500
Median home value	$148,000	$87,500
Median gross rent	$972	$1,012
Housing units	767	303
Homeownership rate	68.6%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blossburg	Knoxville
Population	2,114 → 1,763 (-16.6%)	783 → 923 (+17.9%)
Median household income	$57,750 → $66,962 (+16.0%)	$46,944 → $52,500 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$118,200 → $148,000 (+25.2%)	$87,400 → $87,500 (+0.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $972 (+50.5%)	$699 → $1,012 (+44.8%)

Blossburg

Population

2,1141,763

Median household income

$57,750$66,962

Median home value

$118,200$148,000

Median gross rent

$646$972

Knoxville

Population

783923

Median household income

$46,944$52,500

Median home value

$87,400$87,500

Median gross rent

$699$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blossburg	Knoxville
Under 5	3.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	11.4%	15.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.8%	17.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	4.5%	6.5%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blossburg	Knoxville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blossburg	Knoxville
No high school diploma	5.3%	10.3%
High school graduate	39.7%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blossburg	Knoxville
Drove alone	87.9%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blossburg	Knoxville
1-unit, detached	72.2%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	18.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Blossburg	Knoxville
Poverty rate	11.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.65	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	24	37
Median year structure built	1938	1938