Olyphant vs Throop

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

Olyphant and Throop 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 4,069 in Throop). Olyphant has the higher median household income ($63,516 vs $51,313 in Throop). Throop has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $143,400 in Olyphant).

Population, income & housing

	Olyphant	Throop
Population	5,370	4,069
Median age	40.1 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,516	$51,313
Median home value	$143,400	$166,100
Median gross rent	$889	$1,041
Housing units	2,607	1,975
Homeownership rate	68.3%	78.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olyphant	Throop
Population	5,064 → 5,370 (+6.0%)	3,937 → 4,069 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$46,078 → $63,516 (+37.8%)	$46,317 → $51,313 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$127,800 → $143,400 (+12.2%)	$110,400 → $166,100 (+50.5%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $889 (+10.7%)	$801 → $1,041 (+30.0%)

Olyphant

Population

5,0645,370

Median household income

$46,078$63,516

Median home value

$127,800$143,400

Median gross rent

$803$889

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)

	Olyphant	Throop
Under 5	3.7%	1.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.8%
18 to 24	13.3%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	17.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.2%	9.4%
75 and over	6.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olyphant	Throop
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	89.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olyphant	Throop
No high school diploma	2.1%	14.6%
High school graduate	42.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olyphant	Throop
Drove alone	76.8%	81.4%
Carpooled	5.3%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olyphant	Throop
1-unit, detached	61.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	6.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Olyphant	Throop
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1963	1947