Progress vs Steelton

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

Progress and Steelton 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 6,267 in Steelton). Progress has the higher median household income ($75,362 vs $55,963 in Steelton). Progress has the higher median home value ($192,000 vs $124,200 in Steelton).

Population, income & housing

	Progress	Steelton
Population	11,143	6,267
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,362	$55,963
Median home value	$192,000	$124,200
Median gross rent	$1,170	$1,270
Housing units	4,899	2,673
Homeownership rate	59.0%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Progress	Steelton
Population	10,094 → 11,143 (+10.4%)	5,953 → 6,267 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$59,632 → $75,362 (+26.4%)	$38,836 → $55,963 (+44.1%)
Median home value	$155,100 → $192,000 (+23.8%)	$88,600 → $124,200 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$921 → $1,170 (+27.0%)	$873 → $1,270 (+45.5%)

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

Steelton

Population

5,9536,267

Median household income

$38,836$55,963

Median home value

$88,600$124,200

Median gross rent

$873$1,270

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Progress	Steelton
Under 5	7.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.5%
75 and over	5.1%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Progress	Steelton
White (non-Hispanic)	40.7%	39.0%
Black or African American	25.1%	35.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	19.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Progress	Steelton
No high school diploma	8.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	35.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Progress	Steelton
Drove alone	74.4%	69.0%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	9.2%
Other means	2.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Progress	Steelton
1-unit, detached	64.3%	33.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	48.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	4.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Progress	Steelton
Poverty rate	8.5%	22.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1960	1944