Houston vs North Charleroi

A side-by-side comparison of Houston and North Charleroi: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North Charleroi has the higher population (1,488 vs 1,219 in Houston). Houston has the higher median household income ($70,550 vs $43,981 in North Charleroi). Houston has the higher median home value ($186,100 vs $86,400 in North Charleroi).

Population, income & housing

	Houston	North Charleroi
Population	1,219	1,488
Median age	43.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,550	$43,981
Median home value	$186,100	$86,400
Median gross rent	$890	$553
Housing units	667	773
Homeownership rate	63.2%	57.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Houston	North Charleroi
Population	1,352 → 1,219 (-9.8%)	1,351 → 1,488 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$52,292 → $70,550 (+34.9%)	$44,010 → $43,981 (-0.1%)
Median home value	$140,500 → $186,100 (+32.5%)	$64,700 → $86,400 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$709 → $890 (+25.5%)	$550 → $553 (+0.5%)

Houston

Population

1,3521,219

Median household income

$52,292$70,550

Median home value

$140,500$186,100

Median gross rent

$709$890

North Charleroi

Population

1,3511,488

Median household income

$44,010$43,981

Median home value

$64,700$86,400

Median gross rent

$550$553

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Houston	North Charleroi
Under 5	7.7%	2.6%
5 to 17	12.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	10.1%
75 and over	11.0%	20.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Houston	North Charleroi
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	94.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Houston	North Charleroi
No high school diploma	5.8%	9.9%
High school graduate	44.3%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Houston	North Charleroi
Drove alone	74.2%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.8%	3.9%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	5.7%
Other means	2.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Houston	North Charleroi
1-unit, detached	67.9%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	15.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	3.9%
20 or more units	7.0%	20.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Houston	North Charleroi
Poverty rate	17.9%	23.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1940	1942