Port Royal vs Thompsontown

A side-by-side comparison of Port Royal and Thompsontown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Royal has the higher population (754 vs 554 in Thompsontown). Port Royal has the higher median household income ($62,232 vs $41,875 in Thompsontown). Thompsontown has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $145,200 in Port Royal).

Population, income & housing

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
Population	754	554
Median age	45.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,232	$41,875
Median home value	$145,200	$158,300
Median gross rent	$685	$707
Housing units	385	323
Homeownership rate	57.6%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
Population	857 → 754 (-12.0%)	801 → 554 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$44,643 → $62,232 (+39.4%)	$43,333 → $41,875 (-3.4%)
Median home value	$124,000 → $145,200 (+17.1%)	$128,100 → $158,300 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $685 (+8.7%)	$596 → $707 (+18.6%)

Port Royal

Population

857754

Median household income

$44,643$62,232

Median home value

$124,000$145,200

Median gross rent

$630$685

Thompsontown

Population

801554

Median household income

$43,333$41,875

Median home value

$128,100$158,300

Median gross rent

$596$707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
Under 5	5.8%	8.5%
5 to 17	8.8%	11.6%
18 to 24	11.1%	12.6%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	15.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.6%
75 and over	10.5%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
No high school diploma	15.0%	12.6%
High school graduate	53.9%	46.9%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.5%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
Drove alone	87.3%	71.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
1-unit, detached	60.8%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	24.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Port Royal	Thompsontown
Poverty rate	3.7%	22.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1948	1963