Clarendon vs Columbus

A side-by-side comparison of Clarendon and Columbus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Columbus has the higher population (721 vs 343 in Clarendon). Clarendon has the higher median household income ($61,786 vs $57,750 in Columbus). Columbus has the higher median home value ($101,700 vs $82,000 in Clarendon).

Population, income & housing

	Clarendon	Columbus
Population	343	721
Median age	43.1 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,786	$57,750
Median home value	$82,000	$101,700
Median gross rent	$930	$635
Housing units	137	364
Homeownership rate	67.7%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarendon	Columbus
Population	370 → 343 (-7.3%)	857 → 721 (-15.9%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $61,786 (+23.6%)	$49,219 → $57,750 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $82,000 (+17.1%)	$93,500 → $101,700 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$781 → $930 (+19.1%)	$708 → $635 (-10.3%)

Clarendon

Population

370343

Median household income

$50,000$61,786

Median home value

$70,000$82,000

Median gross rent

$781$930

Columbus

Population

857721

Median household income

$49,219$57,750

Median home value

$93,500$101,700

Median gross rent

$708$635

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clarendon	Columbus
Under 5	12.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.3%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	8.2%	8.0%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	15.8%
75 and over	1.5%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarendon	Columbus
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	91.3%
Black or African American	1.7%	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%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarendon	Columbus
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	59.2%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarendon	Columbus
Drove alone	77.9%	92.7%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.9%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarendon	Columbus
1-unit, detached	86.9%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarendon	Columbus
Poverty rate	22.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.64	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1938	1946