Railroad vs Wellsville

A side-by-side comparison of Railroad and Wellsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Railroad has the higher population (286 vs 247 in Wellsville). Railroad has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $208,000 in Wellsville). Since 2019, Wellsville's population has grown faster (+17.1% vs +10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Railroad	Wellsville
Population	286	247
Median age	32.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,750
Median home value	$211,400	$208,000
Median gross rent	$1,026	$1,042
Housing units	141	111
Homeownership rate	39.2%	75.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Railroad	Wellsville
Population	259 → 286 (+10.4%)	211 → 247 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $41,458 (-38.3%)	$71,500 → $88,750 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $211,400 (+22.7%)	$163,300 → $208,000 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,026 (+9.4%)	$850 → $1,042 (+22.6%)

Railroad

Population

259286

Median household income

$67,188$41,458

Median home value

$172,300$211,400

Median gross rent

$938$1,026

Wellsville

Population

211247

Median household income

$71,500$88,750

Median home value

$163,300$208,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Railroad	Wellsville
Under 5	7.7%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	19.9%	15.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	21.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	7.3%
75 and over	3.5%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Railroad	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Railroad	Wellsville
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	52.4%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Railroad	Wellsville
Drove alone	84.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Railroad	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	36.2%	68.5%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	29.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Railroad	Wellsville
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938