Pomeroy vs Pughtown

A side-by-side comparison of Pomeroy and Pughtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pughtown has the higher population (1,047 vs 902 in Pomeroy). Pughtown has the higher median household income ($160,714 vs $68,750 in Pomeroy). Pughtown has the higher median home value ($422,000 vs $235,000 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
Population	902	1,047
Median age	32.0 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$160,714
Median home value	$235,000	$422,000
Median gross rent	$2,050	—
Housing units	278	406
Homeownership rate	83.8%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
Population	590 → 902 (+52.9%)	1,035 → 1,047 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$63,095 → $68,750 (+9.0%)	$99,722 → $160,714 (+61.2%)
Median home value	$188,900 → $235,000 (+24.4%)	$335,900 → $422,000 (+25.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $2,050 (+49.1%)	—

Pomeroy

Population

590902

Median household income

$63,095$68,750

Median home value

$188,900$235,000

Median gross rent

$1,375$2,050

Pughtown

Population

1,0351,047

Median household income

$99,722$160,714

Median home value

$335,900$422,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
Under 5	5.4%	2.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	28.6%
18 to 24	25.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	25.8%
55 to 64	14.4%	7.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	5.6%
75 and over	3.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	23.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
No high school diploma	10.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	53.1%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.0%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
Drove alone	76.7%	63.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	35.8%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
1-unit, detached	37.4%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	62.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Pomeroy	Pughtown
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.4%
Average household size	3.24	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1958	2005