Hughestown vs Inkerman

A side-by-side comparison of Hughestown and Inkerman: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inkerman has the higher population (1,568 vs 1,461 in Hughestown). Hughestown has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $50,236 in Inkerman). Since 2019, Hughestown's population has grown faster (+2.1% vs -19.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Hughestown	Inkerman
Population	1,461	1,568
Median age	37.9 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$50,236
Median home value	$168,200	—
Median gross rent	$900	$1,450
Housing units	682	843
Homeownership rate	72.9%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughestown	Inkerman
Population	1,431 → 1,461 (+2.1%)	1,945 → 1,568 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$69,453 → $81,750 (+17.7%)	$36,142 → $50,236 (+39.0%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $168,200 (+35.9%)	$124,400 → $102,200 (-17.8%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $900 (-5.1%)	$966 → $1,450 (+50.1%)

Hughestown

Population

1,4311,461

Median household income

$69,453$81,750

Median home value

$123,800$168,200

Median gross rent

$948$900

Inkerman

Population

1,9451,568

Median household income

$36,142$50,236

Median home value

$124,400$102,200

Median gross rent

$966$1,450

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughestown	Inkerman
Under 5	8.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	8.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	17.0%	15.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	2.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.2%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	23.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughestown	Inkerman
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	16.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughestown	Inkerman
No high school diploma	2.1%	7.1%
High school graduate	39.0%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughestown	Inkerman
Drove alone	63.3%	74.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughestown	Inkerman
1-unit, detached	79.6%	28.2%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	39.0%

Poverty & households

	Hughestown	Inkerman
Poverty rate	8.6%	16.5%
Average household size	2.36	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1958	2000