Armstrong County vs Pike County

A side-by-side comparison of Armstrong County and Pike County: population, income, housing, and more.

Armstrong County and Pike County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Armstrong County has the higher population (65,069 vs 59,691 in Pike County). Pike County has the higher median household income ($79,318 vs $64,295 in Armstrong County). Pike County has the higher median home value ($250,900 vs $146,300 in Armstrong County).

Population, income & housing

	Armstrong County	Pike County
Population	65,069	59,691
Median age	47.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$64,295	$79,318
Median home value	$146,300	$250,900
Median gross rent	$802	$1,383
Housing units	32,164	39,948
Homeownership rate	78.6%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Armstrong County	Pike County
Population	65,867 → 65,069 (-1.2%)	55,453 → 59,691 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$51,410 → $64,295 (+25.1%)	$65,928 → $79,318 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$109,400 → $146,300 (+33.7%)	$185,700 → $250,900 (+35.1%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $802 (+20.4%)	$1,200 → $1,383 (+15.3%)

Armstrong County

Population

65,86765,069

Median household income

$51,410$64,295

Median home value

$109,400$146,300

Median gross rent

$666$802

Pike County

Population

55,45359,691

Median household income

$65,928$79,318

Median home value

$185,700$250,900

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,383

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Armstrong County	Pike County
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.0%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.1%
75 and over	9.7%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Armstrong County	Pike County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Armstrong County	Pike County
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	48.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Armstrong County	Pike County
Drove alone	78.9%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.2%	2.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Armstrong County	Pike County
1-unit, detached	77.9%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.7%
20 or more units	2.3%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Armstrong County	Pike County
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	44
Median year structure built	1960	1985