Nanticoke vs Plymouth

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

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

Nanticoke has the higher population (10,610 vs 5,761 in Plymouth). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($60,340 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Nanticoke has the higher median home value ($103,800 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
Population	10,610	5,761
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$60,340	$42,348
Median home value	$103,800	$85,400
Median gross rent	$787	$923
Housing units	5,109	2,971
Homeownership rate	58.3%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
Population	10,304 → 10,610 (+3.0%)	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$42,735 → $60,340 (+41.2%)	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $103,800 (+29.3%)	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $787 (+18.0%)	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)

Nanticoke

Population

10,30410,610

Median household income

$42,735$60,340

Median home value

$80,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$667$787

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
Under 5	5.6%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.5%	13.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.8%
75 and over	6.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	8.1%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
No high school diploma	12.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
Drove alone	73.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	14.8%	10.9%
Public transit	0.8%	1.2%
Walked	3.2%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.7%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	55.2%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	9.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Plymouth
Poverty rate	17.7%	21.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1945	1941