Hershey vs Rutherford

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

Hershey and Rutherford 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 6,982 in Rutherford). Hershey has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $77,306 in Rutherford). Hershey has the higher median home value ($339,300 vs $189,300 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Hershey	Rutherford
Population	14,334	6,982
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$77,306
Median home value	$339,300	$189,300
Median gross rent	$1,241	$1,228
Housing units	5,791	2,498
Homeownership rate	54.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hershey	Rutherford
Population	14,654 → 14,334 (-2.2%)	4,919 → 6,982 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$69,688 → $78,750 (+13.0%)	$61,237 → $77,306 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $339,300 (+24.7%)	$147,100 → $189,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $1,241 (+17.3%)	$1,137 → $1,228 (+8.0%)

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

Rutherford

Population

4,9196,982

Median household income

$61,237$77,306

Median home value

$147,100$189,300

Median gross rent

$1,137$1,228

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hershey	Rutherford
Under 5	3.1%	3.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.2%
45 to 54	16.7%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.7%
75 and over	8.6%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hershey	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	71.1%	35.1%
Black or African American	3.5%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	20.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hershey	Rutherford
No high school diploma	10.5%	19.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.5%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hershey	Rutherford
Drove alone	68.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	15.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hershey	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	49.7%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	14.6%	38.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Hershey	Rutherford
Poverty rate	9.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1970	1989