Felton vs Jefferson

A side-by-side comparison of Felton and Jefferson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Felton has the higher population (534 vs 528 in Jefferson). Jefferson has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $75,852 in Felton). Jefferson has the higher median home value ($206,800 vs $187,500 in Felton).

Population, income & housing

	Felton	Jefferson
Population	534	528
Median age	36.2 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,852	$83,750
Median home value	$187,500	$206,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,179
Housing units	200	247
Homeownership rate	90.1%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	9.3%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Felton	Jefferson
Population	567 → 534 (-5.8%)	629 → 528 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$63,571 → $75,852 (+19.3%)	$57,813 → $83,750 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $187,500 (+14.9%)	$167,800 → $206,800 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,125 (+17.1%)	$832 → $1,179 (+41.7%)

Felton

Population

567534

Median household income

$63,571$75,852

Median home value

$163,200$187,500

Median gross rent

$961$1,125

Jefferson

Population

629528

Median household income

$57,813$83,750

Median home value

$167,800$206,800

Median gross rent

$832$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Felton	Jefferson
Under 5	10.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	11.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	25.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.1%
75 and over	5.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Felton	Jefferson
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Felton	Jefferson
No high school diploma	8.6%	17.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Felton	Jefferson
Drove alone	80.9%	72.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.8%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	9.6%	10.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Felton	Jefferson
1-unit, detached	86.0%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Felton	Jefferson
Poverty rate	12.8%	6.8%
Average household size	2.80	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1938	1954