Elco vs Elrama

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

Elco and Elrama 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 268 in Elrama). Elco has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $32,278 in Elrama). Elco has the higher median home value ($129,700 vs $92,300 in Elrama).

Population, income & housing

	Elco	Elrama
Population	278	268
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,667	$32,278
Median home value	$129,700	$92,300
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	152	113
Homeownership rate	74.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	6.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elco	Elrama
Population	286 → 278 (-2.8%)	351 → 268 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$30,179 → $66,667 (+120.9%)	$78,456 → $32,278 (-58.9%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $129,700 (+76.5%)	$81,400 → $92,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$485 → $967 (+99.4%)	—

Elco

Population

286278

Median household income

$30,179$66,667

Median home value

$73,500$129,700

Median gross rent

$485$967

Elrama

Population

351268

Median household income

$78,456$32,278

Median home value

$81,400$92,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elco	Elrama
Under 5	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.3%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.3%	55.2%
45 to 54	19.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	5.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.4%
75 and over	5.8%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elco	Elrama
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	13.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elco	Elrama
No high school diploma	11.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	51.6%	82.6%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	11.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elco	Elrama
Drove alone	71.2%	47.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	53.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elco	Elrama
1-unit, detached	90.1%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	13.3%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elco	Elrama
Poverty rate	30.7%	45.1%
Average household size	2.05	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1941	1944