Coal Center vs Cross Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Coal Center and Cross Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Coal Center and Cross Creek are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cross Creek has the higher population (175 vs 155 in Coal Center). Coal Center has the higher median home value ($76,500 vs $68,200 in Cross Creek). Since 2019, Coal Center's population has grown faster (+15.7% vs +5.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
Population	155	175
Median age	32.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,050	—
Median home value	$76,500	$68,200
Median gross rent	$1,011	—
Housing units	109	54
Homeownership rate	32.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
Population	134 → 155 (+15.7%)	166 → 175 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $39,050 (-9.4%)	$93,000 → $129,167 (+38.9%)
Median home value	$69,300 → $76,500 (+10.4%)	$118,800 → $68,200 (-42.6%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,011 (+25.3%)	—

Coal Center

Population

134155

Median household income

$43,125$39,050

Median home value

$69,300$76,500

Median gross rent

$807$1,011

Cross Creek

Population

166175

Median household income

$93,000$129,167

Median home value

$118,800$68,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
Under 5	4.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	19.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	26.5%	22.9%
35 to 44	5.2%	1.7%
45 to 54	3.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	25.1%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.9%
75 and over	1.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	60.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	21.3%	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	17.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
No high school diploma	4.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	50.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
Drove alone	62.7%	61.9%
Carpooled	4.0%	24.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.7%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
1-unit, detached	66.1%	87.0%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Coal Center	Cross Creek
Poverty rate	10.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938