Hershey vs Linglestown

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

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

Hershey has the higher population (14,334 vs 6,747 in Linglestown). Linglestown has the higher median household income ($89,887 vs $78,750 in Hershey). Hershey has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $242,800 in Linglestown).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Linglestown
Population	14,334	6,747
Median age	45.2 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$89,887
Median home value	$339,300	$242,800
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,647
Housing units	5,791	2,746
Homeownership rate	54.9%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Linglestown
Population	14,654 → 14,334 (-2.2%)	5,688 → 6,747 (+18.6%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $78,750 (+13.0%)	$77,995 → $89,887 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $339,300 (+24.7%)	$190,200 → $242,800 (+27.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,241 (+17.3%)	$870 → $1,647 (+89.3%)

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

Linglestown

Population

5,6886,747

Median household income

$77,995$89,887

Median home value

$190,200$242,800

Median gross rent

$870$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Linglestown
Under 5	3.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	10.0%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	12.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	17.8%
45 to 54	16.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.5%
75 and over	8.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Linglestown
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	73.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	14.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Linglestown
No high school diploma	10.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	16.3%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Linglestown
Drove alone	68.1%	74.3%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	15.4%
Other means	0.9%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Linglestown
1-unit, detached	49.7%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Linglestown
Poverty rate	9.0%	3.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1970	1970