Hershey vs Progress

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

Hershey and Progress 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 11,143 in Progress). Hershey has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $75,362 in Progress). Hershey has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $192,000 in Progress).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Progress
Population	14,334	11,143
Median age	45.2 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$75,362
Median home value	$339,300	$192,000
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,170
Housing units	5,791	4,899
Homeownership rate	54.9%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Progress
Population	14,654 → 14,334 (-2.2%)	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $78,750 (+13.0%)	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $339,300 (+24.7%)	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,241 (+17.3%)	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)

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

Progress

Population

10,09411,143

Median household income

$59,632$75,362

Median home value

$155,100$192,000

Median gross rent

$921$1,170

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Progress
Under 5	3.1%	7.6%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.0%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	10.9%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.2%	9.9%
75 and over	8.6%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Progress
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	40.7%
Black or African American	3.5%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	14.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Progress
No high school diploma	10.5%	8.2%
High school graduate	16.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Progress
Drove alone	68.1%	74.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.5%
Walked	4.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Progress
1-unit, detached	49.7%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	14.8%
20 or more units	11.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Progress
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	17	21
Median year structure built	1970	1960