Dickson City vs Olyphant

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

Dickson City and Olyphant 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 5,370 in Olyphant). Olyphant has the higher median household income ($63,516 vs $58,343 in Dickson City). Dickson City has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Dickson City	Olyphant
Population	6,022	5,370
Median age	45.8 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,343	$63,516
Median home value	$184,700	$143,400
Median gross rent	$951	$889
Housing units	3,037	2,607
Homeownership rate	65.1%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickson City	Olyphant
Population	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)

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

Olyphant

Population

5,0645,370

Median household income

$46,078$63,516

Median home value

$127,800$143,400

Median gross rent

$803$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickson City	Olyphant
Under 5	4.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.3%	13.3%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.5%	12.2%
75 and over	10.1%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickson City	Olyphant
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	87.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickson City	Olyphant
No high school diploma	13.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.6%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickson City	Olyphant
Drove alone	78.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.0%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickson City	Olyphant
1-unit, detached	67.7%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	11.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Dickson City	Olyphant
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1946	1963