Jessup vs Olyphant

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

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

Olyphant has the higher population (5,370 vs 4,506 in Jessup). Olyphant has the higher median household income ($63,516 vs $61,174 in Jessup). Jessup has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Jessup	Olyphant
Population	4,506	5,370
Median age	47.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,174	$63,516
Median home value	$170,000	$143,400
Median gross rent	$902	$889
Housing units	2,149	2,607
Homeownership rate	66.9%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessup	Olyphant
Population	4,441 → 4,506 (+1.5%)	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $61,174 (+3.2%)	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $170,000 (+17.4%)	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $902 (+7.3%)	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)

Jessup

Population

4,4414,506

Median household income

$59,276$61,174

Median home value

$144,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$841$902

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)

	Jessup	Olyphant
Under 5	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	11.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	17.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.2%
75 and over	8.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessup	Olyphant
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessup	Olyphant
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessup	Olyphant
Drove alone	83.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessup	Olyphant
1-unit, detached	69.1%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	15.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Jessup	Olyphant
Poverty rate	16.8%	10.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	20
Median year structure built	1960	1963