Progress vs Rutherford

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

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

Progress has the higher population (11,143 vs 6,982 in Rutherford). Rutherford has the higher median household income ($77,306 vs $75,362 in Progress). Progress has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $189,300 in Rutherford).

Population, income & housing

	Progress	Rutherford
Population	11,143	6,982
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,362	$77,306
Median home value	$192,000	$189,300
Median gross rent	$1,170	$1,228
Housing units	4,899	2,498
Homeownership rate	59.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Progress	Rutherford
Population	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)	4,919 → 6,982 (+41.9%)
Median household income	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)	$61,237 → $77,306 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)	$147,100 → $189,300 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)	$1,137 → $1,228 (+8.0%)

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

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)

	Progress	Rutherford
Under 5	7.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.7%
75 and over	5.1%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Progress	Rutherford
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	35.1%
Black or African American	25.1%	28.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	20.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.8%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Progress	Rutherford
No high school diploma	8.2%	19.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Progress	Rutherford
Drove alone	74.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.4%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	15.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Progress	Rutherford
1-unit, detached	64.3%	47.6%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	38.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Progress	Rutherford
Poverty rate	8.5%	8.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1960	1989