Railroad vs Yorkana

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

Railroad and Yorkana 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 217 in Yorkana). Railroad has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $198,600 in Yorkana). Since 2019, Railroad's population has grown faster (+10.4% vs -14.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Railroad	Yorkana
Population	286	217
Median age	32.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$70,625
Median home value	$211,400	$198,600
Median gross rent	$1,026	$958
Housing units	141	89
Homeownership rate	39.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Railroad	Yorkana
Population	259 → 286 (+10.4%)	254 → 217 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$67,188 → $41,458 (-38.3%)	$61,667 → $70,625 (+14.5%)
Median home value	$172,300 → $211,400 (+22.7%)	$133,000 → $198,600 (+49.3%)
Median gross rent	$938 → $1,026 (+9.4%)	$867 → $958 (+10.5%)

Railroad

Population

259286

Median household income

$67,188$41,458

Median home value

$172,300$211,400

Median gross rent

$938$1,026

Yorkana

Population

254217

Median household income

$61,667$70,625

Median home value

$133,000$198,600

Median gross rent

$867$958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Railroad	Yorkana
Under 5	7.7%	10.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.7%
18 to 24	10.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	6.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	7.0%	8.8%
75 and over	3.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Railroad	Yorkana
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	84.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Railroad	Yorkana
No high school diploma	4.8%	8.7%
High school graduate	52.4%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	26.2%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Railroad	Yorkana
Drove alone	84.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Railroad	Yorkana
1-unit, detached	36.2%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	21.3%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	29.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Railroad	Yorkana
Poverty rate	16.4%	6.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	30	24
Median year structure built	1938	1956