Polk vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Polk and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seneca has the higher population (1,455 vs 692 in Polk). Seneca has the higher median household income ($73,478 vs $44,250 in Polk). Seneca has the higher median home value ($134,900 vs $87,500 in Polk).

Population, income & housing

	Polk	Seneca
Population	692	1,455
Median age	53.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,250	$73,478
Median home value	$87,500	$134,900
Median gross rent	$689	$715
Housing units	281	700
Homeownership rate	77.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Polk	Seneca
Population	747 → 692 (-7.4%)	984 → 1,455 (+47.9%)
Median household income	$57,045 → $44,250 (-22.4%)	$45,096 → $73,478 (+62.9%)
Median home value	$62,200 → $87,500 (+40.7%)	$114,200 → $134,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $689 (+13.5%)	$877 → $715 (-18.5%)

Polk

Population

747692

Median household income

$57,045$44,250

Median home value

$62,200$87,500

Median gross rent

$607$689

Seneca

Population

9841,455

Median household income

$45,096$73,478

Median home value

$114,200$134,900

Median gross rent

$877$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Polk	Seneca
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.1%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	14.9%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	17.8%	20.1%
75 and over	10.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Polk	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Polk	Seneca
No high school diploma	24.5%	0.1%
High school graduate	45.1%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Polk	Seneca
Drove alone	92.9%	82.5%
Carpooled	1.3%	1.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.2%	16.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Polk	Seneca
1-unit, detached	85.8%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Polk	Seneca
Poverty rate	35.0%	7.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1951	1975