Jessup vs Throop

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

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

Jessup has the higher population (4,506 vs 4,069 in Throop). Jessup has the higher median household income ($61,174 vs $51,313 in Throop). Jessup has the higher median home value ($170,000 vs $166,100 in Throop).

Population, income & housing

	Jessup	Throop
Population	4,506	4,069
Median age	47.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,174	$51,313
Median home value	$170,000	$166,100
Median gross rent	$902	$1,041
Housing units	2,149	1,975
Homeownership rate	66.9%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessup	Throop
Population	4,441 → 4,506 (+1.5%)	3,937 → 4,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$59,276 → $61,174 (+3.2%)	$46,317 → $51,313 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$144,800 → $170,000 (+17.4%)	$110,400 → $166,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $902 (+7.3%)	$801 → $1,041 (+30.0%)

Jessup

Population

4,4414,506

Median household income

$59,276$61,174

Median home value

$144,800$170,000

Median gross rent

$841$902

Throop

Population

3,9374,069

Median household income

$46,317$51,313

Median home value

$110,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$801$1,041

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jessup	Throop
Under 5	3.4%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	9.4%
75 and over	8.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessup	Throop
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessup	Throop
No high school diploma	6.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	39.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessup	Throop
Drove alone	83.1%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessup	Throop
1-unit, detached	69.1%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	20.8%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Jessup	Throop
Poverty rate	16.8%	13.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1960	1947