Nesquehoning vs Towamensing Trails

A side-by-side comparison of Nesquehoning and Towamensing Trails: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Nesquehoning has the higher population (3,345 vs 2,032 in Towamensing Trails). Towamensing Trails has the higher median household income ($83,196 vs $53,571 in Nesquehoning). Towamensing Trails has the higher median home value ($227,900 vs $105,400 in Nesquehoning).

Population, income & housing

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
Population	3,345	2,032
Median age	35.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,571	$83,196
Median home value	$105,400	$227,900
Median gross rent	$970	—
Housing units	1,492	2,364
Homeownership rate	55.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
Population	3,239 → 3,345 (+3.3%)	1,602 → 2,032 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$50,192 → $53,571 (+6.7%)	$52,083 → $83,196 (+59.7%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $105,400 (+16.1%)	$162,700 → $227,900 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $970 (+36.6%)	$1,354 → $1,404 (+3.7%)

Nesquehoning

Population

3,2393,345

Median household income

$50,192$53,571

Median home value

$90,800$105,400

Median gross rent

$710$970

Towamensing Trails

Population

1,6022,032

Median household income

$52,083$83,196

Median home value

$162,700$227,900

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
Under 5	4.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	18.2%	2.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.9%	24.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	21.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	24.2%
75 and over	9.5%	14.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
White (non-Hispanic)	82.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	18.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	48.1%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
Drove alone	81.7%	74.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.7%	22.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
1-unit, detached	42.5%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	34.2%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Nesquehoning	Towamensing Trails
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.55	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1938	1993