Colonial Park vs Hershey

A side-by-side comparison of Colonial Park and Hershey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colonial Park has the higher population (18,125 vs 14,334 in Hershey). Hershey has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $69,804 in Colonial Park). Hershey has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $223,800 in Colonial Park).

Population, income & housing

	Colonial Park	Hershey
Population	18,125	14,334
Median age	36.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$69,804	$78,750
Median home value	$223,800	$339,300
Median gross rent	$1,272	$1,241
Housing units	7,554	5,791
Homeownership rate	48.9%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colonial Park	Hershey
Population	13,583 → 18,125 (+33.4%)	14,654 → 14,334 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$52,306 → $69,804 (+33.5%)	$69,688 → $78,750 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $223,800 (+42.5%)	$272,100 → $339,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,055 → $1,272 (+20.6%)	$1,058 → $1,241 (+17.3%)

Colonial Park

Population

13,58318,125

Median household income

$52,306$69,804

Median home value

$157,100$223,800

Median gross rent

$1,055$1,272

Hershey

Population

14,65414,334

Median household income

$69,688$78,750

Median home value

$272,100$339,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,241

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colonial Park	Hershey
Under 5	6.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.4%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.0%
25 to 34	13.9%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	8.7%
45 to 54	8.5%	16.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colonial Park	Hershey
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	71.1%
Black or African American	22.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.3%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colonial Park	Hershey
No high school diploma	8.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	34.8%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	29.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colonial Park	Hershey
Drove alone	70.7%	68.1%
Carpooled	12.7%	3.5%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	11.8%	21.7%
Other means	2.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colonial Park	Hershey
1-unit, detached	47.4%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	33.2%	13.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Colonial Park	Hershey
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1967	1970