Parkesburg vs Thorndale

A side-by-side comparison of Parkesburg and Thorndale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thorndale has the higher population (4,139 vs 3,894 in Parkesburg). Thorndale has the higher median household income ($107,995 vs $84,952 in Parkesburg). Thorndale has the higher median home value ($317,600 vs $280,000 in Parkesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
Population	3,894	4,139
Median age	32.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,952	$107,995
Median home value	$280,000	$317,600
Median gross rent	$1,203	$1,798
Housing units	1,562	1,533
Homeownership rate	63.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
Population	3,842 → 3,894 (+1.4%)	3,655 → 4,139 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$72,250 → $84,952 (+17.6%)	$106,063 → $107,995 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$190,300 → $280,000 (+47.1%)	$237,400 → $317,600 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$970 → $1,203 (+24.0%)	$1,544 → $1,798 (+16.5%)

Parkesburg

Population

3,8423,894

Median household income

$72,250$84,952

Median home value

$190,300$280,000

Median gross rent

$970$1,203

Thorndale

Population

3,6554,139

Median household income

$106,063$107,995

Median home value

$237,400$317,600

Median gross rent

$1,544$1,798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
Under 5	9.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	14.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	13.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.1%
75 and over	5.6%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	77.3%
Black or African American	14.4%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
No high school diploma	9.2%	3.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
Drove alone	83.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
1-unit, detached	57.1%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	18.7%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	28.8%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Parkesburg	Thorndale
Poverty rate	15.2%	1.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1987	1976