Hughestown vs Nescopeck

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

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

Nescopeck has the higher population (1,475 vs 1,461 in Hughestown). Hughestown has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $60,625 in Nescopeck). Hughestown has the higher median home value ($168,200 vs $159,800 in Nescopeck).

Population, income & housing

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
Population	1,461	1,475
Median age	37.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,750	$60,625
Median home value	$168,200	$159,800
Median gross rent	$900	$848
Housing units	682	782
Homeownership rate	72.9%	70.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.2%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
Population	1,431 → 1,461 (+2.1%)	1,570 → 1,475 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$69,453 → $81,750 (+17.7%)	$50,250 → $60,625 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$123,800 → $168,200 (+35.9%)	$108,200 → $159,800 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $900 (-5.1%)	$808 → $848 (+5.0%)

Hughestown

Population

1,4311,461

Median household income

$69,453$81,750

Median home value

$123,800$168,200

Median gross rent

$948$900

Nescopeck

Population

1,5701,475

Median household income

$50,250$60,625

Median home value

$108,200$159,800

Median gross rent

$808$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
Under 5	8.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.7%
75 and over	7.5%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	11.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
No high school diploma	2.1%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.0%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
Drove alone	63.3%	83.5%
Carpooled	19.8%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
1-unit, detached	79.6%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Hughestown	Nescopeck
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1958	1951