Clarks Summit vs Throop

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

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

Clarks Summit has the higher population (5,058 vs 4,069 in Throop). Clarks Summit has the higher median household income ($91,442 vs $51,313 in Throop). Clarks Summit has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $166,100 in Throop).

Population, income & housing

	Clarks Summit	Throop
Population	5,058	4,069
Median age	44.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$91,442	$51,313
Median home value	$236,900	$166,100
Median gross rent	$1,147	$1,041
Housing units	2,297	1,975
Homeownership rate	76.4%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.5%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clarks Summit	Throop
Population	4,914 → 5,058 (+2.9%)	3,937 → 4,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$76,364 → $91,442 (+19.7%)	$46,317 → $51,313 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$219,700 → $236,900 (+7.8%)	$110,400 → $166,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$907 → $1,147 (+26.5%)	$801 → $1,041 (+30.0%)

Clarks Summit

Population

4,9145,058

Median household income

$76,364$91,442

Median home value

$219,700$236,900

Median gross rent

$907$1,147

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)

	Clarks Summit	Throop
Under 5	4.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.4%
75 and over	10.4%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clarks Summit	Throop
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clarks Summit	Throop
No high school diploma	3.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	15.4%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clarks Summit	Throop
Drove alone	73.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clarks Summit	Throop
1-unit, detached	80.3%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Clarks Summit	Throop
Poverty rate	2.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1967	1947