Chinchilla vs Throop

A side-by-side comparison of Chinchilla and Throop: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Throop has the higher population (4,069 vs 2,322 in Chinchilla). Chinchilla has the higher median household income ($95,536 vs $51,313 in Throop). Chinchilla has the higher median home value ($241,800 vs $166,100 in Throop).

Population, income & housing

	Chinchilla	Throop
Population	2,322	4,069
Median age	39.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$95,536	$51,313
Median home value	$241,800	$166,100
Median gross rent	$1,768	$1,041
Housing units	912	1,975
Homeownership rate	89.6%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.2%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chinchilla	Throop
Population	2,161 → 2,322 (+7.5%)	3,937 → 4,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$89,828 → $95,536 (+6.4%)	$46,317 → $51,313 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$175,400 → $241,800 (+37.9%)	$110,400 → $166,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $1,768 (+129.3%)	$801 → $1,041 (+30.0%)

Chinchilla

Population

2,1612,322

Median household income

$89,828$95,536

Median home value

$175,400$241,800

Median gross rent

$771$1,768

Throop

Population

3,9374,069

Median household income

$46,317$51,313

Median home value

$110,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$801$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chinchilla	Throop
Under 5	4.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	2.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	19.8%	15.6%
35 to 44	5.2%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	9.4%
75 and over	9.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chinchilla	Throop
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chinchilla	Throop
No high school diploma	1.8%	14.6%
High school graduate	22.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chinchilla	Throop
Drove alone	88.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	4.8%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chinchilla	Throop
1-unit, detached	89.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Chinchilla	Throop
Poverty rate	1.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1958	1947