Distant vs Hawthorn

A side-by-side comparison of Distant and Hawthorn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Distant has the higher population (611 vs 485 in Hawthorn). Distant has the higher median household income ($71,094 vs $46,696 in Hawthorn). Distant has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $91,400 in Hawthorn).

Population, income & housing

	Distant	Hawthorn
Population	611	485
Median age	35.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,094	$46,696
Median home value	$111,800	$91,400
Median gross rent	$726	$775
Housing units	273	208
Homeownership rate	68.5%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Distant	Hawthorn
Population	—	419 → 485 (+15.8%)
Median household income	—	$44,821 → $46,696 (+4.2%)
Median home value	—	$77,900 → $91,400 (+17.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$672 → $775 (+15.3%)

Distant

Hawthorn

Population

419485

Median household income

$44,821$46,696

Median home value

$77,900$91,400

Median gross rent

$672$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Distant	Hawthorn
Under 5	4.6%	7.4%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.9%
25 to 34	21.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	16.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	5.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.7%
75 and over	10.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Distant	Hawthorn
White (non-Hispanic)	99.5%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
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	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Distant	Hawthorn
No high school diploma	13.4%	9.2%
High school graduate	45.7%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Distant	Hawthorn
Drove alone	80.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	16.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Distant	Hawthorn
1-unit, detached	95.2%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Distant	Hawthorn
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1950	1943