Elco vs Midland

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

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

Midland has the higher population (301 vs 278 in Elco). Elco has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $34,408 in Midland). Elco has the higher median home value ($129,700 vs $120,400 in Midland).

Population, income & housing

	Elco	Midland
Population	278	301
Median age	45.8 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,667	$34,408
Median home value	$129,700	$120,400
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	152	181
Homeownership rate	74.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	27.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elco	Midland
Population	286 → 278 (-2.8%)	—
Median household income	$30,179 → $66,667 (+120.9%)	—
Median home value	$73,500 → $129,700 (+76.5%)	—
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

Midland

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elco	Midland
Under 5	1.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	40.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	21.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	5.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elco	Midland
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	14.0%
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	Midland
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.1%
High school graduate	51.6%	66.7%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elco	Midland
Drove alone	71.2%	44.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	26.6%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	14.7%
Other means	2.7%	14.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elco	Midland
1-unit, detached	90.1%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elco	Midland
Poverty rate	30.7%	43.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1941	1952