Derry vs South Greensburg

A side-by-side comparison of Derry and South Greensburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Derry has the higher population (2,616 vs 2,357 in South Greensburg). South Greensburg has the higher median household income ($61,782 vs $49,051 in Derry). South Greensburg has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $122,200 in Derry).

Population, income & housing

	Derry	South Greensburg
Population	2,616	2,357
Median age	42.1 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,051	$61,782
Median home value	$122,200	$148,400
Median gross rent	$593	$743
Housing units	1,396	1,283
Homeownership rate	70.2%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derry	South Greensburg
Population	2,540 → 2,616 (+3.0%)	2,162 → 2,357 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$48,304 → $49,051 (+1.5%)	$46,750 → $61,782 (+32.2%)
Median home value	$86,900 → $122,200 (+40.6%)	$99,400 → $148,400 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $593 (-5.1%)	$739 → $743 (+0.5%)

Derry

Population

2,5402,616

Median household income

$48,304$49,051

Median home value

$86,900$122,200

Median gross rent

$625$593

South Greensburg

Population

2,1622,357

Median household income

$46,750$61,782

Median home value

$99,400$148,400

Median gross rent

$739$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derry	South Greensburg
Under 5	4.7%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	19.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.5%
75 and over	10.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derry	South Greensburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derry	South Greensburg
No high school diploma	3.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	47.7%	44.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derry	South Greensburg
Drove alone	81.3%	75.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	16.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	1.8%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derry	South Greensburg
1-unit, detached	74.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.3%
20 or more units	8.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Derry	South Greensburg
Poverty rate	16.7%	6.0%
Average household size	2.22	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1944	1954