Towanda vs Wyalusing

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

Towanda and Wyalusing 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 651 in Wyalusing). Towanda has the higher median household income ($57,185 vs $44,091 in Wyalusing). Towanda has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $133,300 in Wyalusing).

Population, income & housing

	Towanda	Wyalusing
Population	2,796	651
Median age	38.7 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,185	$44,091
Median home value	$166,100	$133,300
Median gross rent	$1,008	$866
Housing units	1,562	348
Homeownership rate	58.6%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Towanda	Wyalusing
Population	2,842 → 2,796 (-1.6%)	629 → 651 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $57,185 (+40.8%)	$52,679 → $44,091 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$130,000 → $166,100 (+27.8%)	$118,000 → $133,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,008 (+26.0%)	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)

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

Wyalusing

Population

629651

Median household income

$52,679$44,091

Median home value

$118,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$716$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Towanda	Wyalusing
Under 5	5.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.5%	1.7%
25 to 34	21.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	5.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	17.8%	5.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	16.3%
75 and over	13.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Towanda	Wyalusing
White (non-Hispanic)	94.8%	96.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Towanda	Wyalusing
No high school diploma	13.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	40.2%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Towanda	Wyalusing
Drove alone	76.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Towanda	Wyalusing
1-unit, detached	61.1%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	6.9%
20 or more units	4.6%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Towanda	Wyalusing
Poverty rate	9.8%	12.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1938	1955