Dickson City vs Moosic

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

Dickson City and Moosic 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 5,954 in Moosic). Moosic has the higher median household income ($74,792 vs $58,343 in Dickson City). Moosic has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $184,700 in Dickson City).

Population, income & housing

	Dickson City	Moosic
Population	6,022	5,954
Median age	45.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,343	$74,792
Median home value	$184,700	$235,500
Median gross rent	$951	$1,268
Housing units	3,037	2,593
Homeownership rate	65.1%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickson City	Moosic
Population	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)	5,767 → 5,954 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)	$55,957 → $74,792 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)	$166,000 → $235,500 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)	$746 → $1,268 (+70.0%)

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

Moosic

Population

5,7675,954

Median household income

$55,957$74,792

Median home value

$166,000$235,500

Median gross rent

$746$1,268

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickson City	Moosic
Under 5	4.6%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	17.9%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.1%
75 and over	10.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickson City	Moosic
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	3.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickson City	Moosic
No high school diploma	13.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickson City	Moosic
Drove alone	78.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	2.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	12.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickson City	Moosic
1-unit, detached	67.7%	54.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	14.1%

Poverty & households

	Dickson City	Moosic
Poverty rate	14.7%	7.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	27	16
Median year structure built	1946	1968