Dickson City vs Jessup

A side-by-side comparison of Dickson City and Jessup: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dickson City has the higher population (6,022 vs 4,506 in Jessup). Jessup has the higher median household income ($61,174 vs $58,343 in Dickson City). Dickson City has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $170,000 in Jessup).

Population, income & housing

	Dickson City	Jessup
Population	6,022	4,506
Median age	45.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,343	$61,174
Median home value	$184,700	$170,000
Median gross rent	$951	$902
Housing units	3,037	2,149
Homeownership rate	65.1%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickson City	Jessup
Population	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)	4,441 → 4,506 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)	$59,276 → $61,174 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)	$144,800 → $170,000 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)	$841 → $902 (+7.3%)

Dickson City

Population

5,8026,022

Median household income

$53,167$58,343

Median home value

$141,500$184,700

Median gross rent

$780$951

Jessup

Population

4,4414,506

Median household income

$59,276$61,174

Median home value

$144,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$841$902

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickson City	Jessup
Under 5	4.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	15.9%	17.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.5%	10.1%
75 and over	10.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickson City	Jessup
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	83.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickson City	Jessup
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	39.2%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickson City	Jessup
Drove alone	78.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickson City	Jessup
1-unit, detached	67.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dickson City	Jessup
Poverty rate	14.7%	16.8%
Average household size	2.16	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1946	1960