Towanda vs Troy

A side-by-side comparison of Towanda and Troy: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Towanda has the higher population (2,796 vs 1,373 in Troy). Towanda has the higher median household income ($57,185 vs $49,583 in Troy). Towanda has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $148,600 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Towanda	Troy
Population	2,796	1,373
Median age	38.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,185	$49,583
Median home value	$166,100	$148,600
Median gross rent	$1,008	$633
Housing units	1,562	596
Homeownership rate	58.6%	58.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Towanda	Troy
Population	2,842 → 2,796 (-1.6%)	1,477 → 1,373 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $57,185 (+40.8%)	$54,375 → $49,583 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $166,100 (+27.8%)	$139,500 → $148,600 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,008 (+26.0%)	$625 → $633 (+1.3%)

Towanda

Population

2,8422,796

Median household income

$40,625$57,185

Median home value

$130,000$166,100

Median gross rent

$800$1,008

Troy

Population

1,4771,373

Median household income

$54,375$49,583

Median home value

$139,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$625$633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Towanda	Troy
Under 5	5.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.4%	8.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	21.5%	19.2%
35 to 44	5.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.5%
75 and over	13.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Towanda	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	85.9%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Towanda	Troy
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Towanda	Troy
Drove alone	76.3%	61.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	21.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	12.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Towanda	Troy
1-unit, detached	61.1%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	18.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Towanda	Troy
Poverty rate	9.8%	21.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1938	1955