Hughestown vs Laflin

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

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

Laflin has the higher population (1,469 vs 1,461 in Hughestown). Laflin has the higher median household income ($115,625 vs $81,750 in Hughestown). Laflin has the higher median home value ($230,200 vs $168,200 in Hughestown).

Population, income & housing

	Hughestown	Laflin
Population	1,461	1,469
Median age	37.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$115,625
Median home value	$168,200	$230,200
Median gross rent	$900	$1,664
Housing units	682	639
Homeownership rate	72.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	45.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughestown	Laflin
Population	1,431 → 1,461 (+2.1%)	1,513 → 1,469 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$69,453 → $81,750 (+17.7%)	$88,438 → $115,625 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $168,200 (+35.9%)	$205,000 → $230,200 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $900 (-5.1%)	$1,188 → $1,664 (+40.1%)

Hughestown

Population

1,4311,461

Median household income

$69,453$81,750

Median home value

$123,800$168,200

Median gross rent

$948$900

Laflin

Population

1,5131,469

Median household income

$88,438$115,625

Median home value

$205,000$230,200

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughestown	Laflin
Under 5	8.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	16.4%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.5%
75 and over	7.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughestown	Laflin
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.9%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.1%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughestown	Laflin
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	39.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	25.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughestown	Laflin
Drove alone	63.3%	80.2%
Carpooled	19.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	11.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughestown	Laflin
1-unit, detached	79.6%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Hughestown	Laflin
Poverty rate	8.6%	2.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	26	19
Median year structure built	1958	1975