Dickson City vs Taylor

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

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

Taylor has the higher population (6,261 vs 6,022 in Dickson City). Taylor has the higher median household income ($60,446 vs $58,343 in Dickson City). Dickson City has the higher median home value ($184,700 vs $169,800 in Taylor).

Population, income & housing

	Dickson City	Taylor
Population	6,022	6,261
Median age	45.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$58,343	$60,446
Median home value	$184,700	$169,800
Median gross rent	$951	$1,015
Housing units	3,037	2,633
Homeownership rate	65.1%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickson City	Taylor
Population	5,802 → 6,022 (+3.8%)	5,965 → 6,261 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$53,167 → $58,343 (+9.7%)	$45,458 → $60,446 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$141,500 → $184,700 (+30.5%)	$126,000 → $169,800 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $951 (+21.9%)	$783 → $1,015 (+29.6%)

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

Taylor

Population

5,9656,261

Median household income

$45,458$60,446

Median home value

$126,000$169,800

Median gross rent

$783$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickson City	Taylor
Under 5	4.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	15.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.5%	14.5%
75 and over	10.1%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickson City	Taylor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	76.6%
Black or African American	1.4%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.8%	1.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	14.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickson City	Taylor
No high school diploma	13.4%	13.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	21.9%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickson City	Taylor
Drove alone	78.6%	80.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.9%
Public transit	0.3%	2.3%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickson City	Taylor
1-unit, detached	67.7%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	11.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Dickson City	Taylor
Poverty rate	14.7%	14.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1946	1963