Mountain Top vs Nanticoke

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Top and Nanticoke: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mountain Top has the higher population (11,856 vs 10,610 in Nanticoke). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $60,340 in Nanticoke). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $103,800 in Nanticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
Population	11,856	10,610
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$105,286	$60,340
Median home value	$274,600	$103,800
Median gross rent	$843	$787
Housing units	4,577	5,109
Homeownership rate	89.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
Population	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)	10,304 → 10,610 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)	$42,735 → $60,340 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)	$80,300 → $103,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)	$667 → $787 (+18.0%)

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

Nanticoke

Population

10,30410,610

Median household income

$42,735$60,340

Median home value

$80,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$667$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
Under 5	3.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	6.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	11.5%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
No high school diploma	3.9%	12.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
Drove alone	74.9%	73.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	84.7%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Top	Nanticoke
Poverty rate	8.2%	17.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1985	1945