Moosic vs Throop

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

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

Moosic has the higher population (5,954 vs 4,069 in Throop). Moosic has the higher median household income ($74,792 vs $51,313 in Throop). Moosic has the higher median home value ($235,500 vs $166,100 in Throop).

Population, income & housing

	Moosic	Throop
Population	5,954	4,069
Median age	38.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,792	$51,313
Median home value	$235,500	$166,100
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,041
Housing units	2,593	1,975
Homeownership rate	64.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moosic	Throop
Population	5,767 → 5,954 (+3.2%)	3,937 → 4,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$55,957 → $74,792 (+33.7%)	$46,317 → $51,313 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $235,500 (+41.9%)	$110,400 → $166,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $1,268 (+70.0%)	$801 → $1,041 (+30.0%)

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

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)

	Moosic	Throop
Under 5	6.5%	1.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.9%	15.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.4%
75 and over	10.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moosic	Throop
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	3.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moosic	Throop
No high school diploma	6.3%	14.6%
High school graduate	32.9%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moosic	Throop
Drove alone	83.4%	81.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moosic	Throop
1-unit, detached	54.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	14.1%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Moosic	Throop
Poverty rate	7.5%	13.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1968	1947