Aaronsburg vs Elco

A side-by-side comparison of Aaronsburg and Elco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elco has the higher population (278 vs 246 in Aaronsburg). Since 2019, Aaronsburg's population has grown faster (+121.6% vs -2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Aaronsburg	Elco
Population	246	278
Median age	22.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$66,667
Median home value	—	$129,700
Median gross rent	—	$967
Housing units	103	152
Homeownership rate	24.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aaronsburg	Elco
Population	111 → 246 (+121.6%)	286 → 278 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$14,333 → $13,269 (-7.4%)	$30,179 → $66,667 (+120.9%)
Median home value	—	$73,500 → $129,700 (+76.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$485 → $967 (+99.4%)

Aaronsburg

Population

111246

Median household income

$14,333$13,269

Elco

Population

286278

Median household income

$30,179$66,667

Median home value

$73,500$129,700

Median gross rent

$485$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aaronsburg	Elco
Under 5	24.0%	1.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	5.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	22.3%
45 to 54	0.0%	19.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.9%
75 and over	5.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aaronsburg	Elco
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	84.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	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%	0.0%
Two or more races	31.7%	13.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aaronsburg	Elco
No high school diploma	4.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	65.7%	51.6%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aaronsburg	Elco
Drove alone	0.0%	71.2%
Carpooled	50.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	3.6%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.0%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aaronsburg	Elco
1-unit, detached	45.6%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	50.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Aaronsburg	Elco
Poverty rate	75.2%	30.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1950	1941