Daisytown vs Tunnelhill

A side-by-side comparison of Daisytown and Tunnelhill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tunnelhill has the higher population (309 vs 270 in Daisytown). Daisytown has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $62,250 in Tunnelhill). Tunnelhill has the higher median home value ($104,700 vs $88,500 in Daisytown).

Population, income & housing

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
Population	270	309
Median age	52.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,250	$62,250
Median home value	$88,500	$104,700
Median gross rent	—	$907
Housing units	124	142
Homeownership rate	96.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
Population	332 → 270 (-18.7%)	328 → 309 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$52,188 → $66,250 (+26.9%)	$46,500 → $62,250 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$80,500 → $88,500 (+9.9%)	$91,900 → $104,700 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$575 → $500 (-13.0%)	$725 → $907 (+25.1%)

Daisytown

Population

332270

Median household income

$52,188$66,250

Median home value

$80,500$88,500

Median gross rent

$575$500

Tunnelhill

Population

328309

Median household income

$46,500$62,250

Median home value

$91,900$104,700

Median gross rent

$725$907

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.4%	20.4%
55 to 64	19.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.7%
75 and over	14.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
White (non-Hispanic)	99.6%	97.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
No high school diploma	3.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	51.0%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	18.6%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
Drove alone	82.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	3.0%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
1-unit, detached	91.9%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Daisytown	Tunnelhill
Poverty rate	5.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1952	1963