Knoxville vs Wellsboro

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

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

Wellsboro has the higher population (3,445 vs 923 in Knoxville). Wellsboro has the higher median household income ($64,297 vs $52,500 in Knoxville). Wellsboro has the higher median home value ($195,400 vs $87,500 in Knoxville).

Population, income & housing

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
Population	923	3,445
Median age	38.1 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	$64,297
Median home value	$87,500	$195,400
Median gross rent	$1,012	$901
Housing units	303	1,680
Homeownership rate	62.8%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.6%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
Population	783 → 923 (+17.9%)	3,256 → 3,445 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$46,944 → $52,500 (+11.8%)	$46,875 → $64,297 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$87,400 → $87,500 (+0.1%)	$157,500 → $195,400 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $1,012 (+44.8%)	$705 → $901 (+27.8%)

Knoxville

Population

783923

Median household income

$46,944$52,500

Median home value

$87,400$87,500

Median gross rent

$699$1,012

Wellsboro

Population

3,2563,445

Median household income

$46,875$64,297

Median home value

$157,500$195,400

Median gross rent

$705$901

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
Under 5	5.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	15.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	6.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.4%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.0%
75 and over	6.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	49.6%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	21.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
Drove alone	80.0%	59.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.2%
Public transit	4.3%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	16.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
1-unit, detached	62.0%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	18.8%	20.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	18.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Knoxville	Wellsboro
Poverty rate	14.4%	10.1%
Average household size	3.18	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	37	20
Median year structure built	1938	1942