Elco vs Southview

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

Elco and Southview 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 234 in Southview). Southview has the higher median household income ($85,521 vs $66,667 in Elco). Southview has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $129,700 in Elco).

Population, income & housing

	Elco	Southview
Population	278	234
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,667	$85,521
Median home value	$129,700	$151,100
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	152	117
Homeownership rate	74.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	21.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elco	Southview
Population	286 → 278 (-2.8%)	380 → 234 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$30,179 → $66,667 (+120.9%)	—
Median home value	$73,500 → $129,700 (+76.5%)	$110,300 → $151,100 (+37.0%)
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

Southview

Population

380234

Median home value

$110,300$151,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elco	Southview
Under 5	1.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	11.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	22.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	19.4%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	19.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	5.8%	17.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elco	Southview
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	96.6%
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%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elco	Southview
No high school diploma	11.9%	12.7%
High school graduate	51.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elco	Southview
Drove alone	71.2%	86.1%
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%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	13.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elco	Southview
1-unit, detached	90.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
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	Southview
Poverty rate	30.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1941	1948