Duboistown vs Hughesville

A side-by-side comparison of Duboistown and Hughesville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hughesville has the higher population (2,439 vs 1,404 in Duboistown). Duboistown has the higher median household income ($82,188 vs $63,409 in Hughesville). Hughesville has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $187,700 in Duboistown).

Population, income & housing

	Duboistown	Hughesville
Population	1,404	2,439
Median age	40.0 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,188	$63,409
Median home value	$187,700	$201,300
Median gross rent	$1,035	$866
Housing units	563	1,121
Homeownership rate	82.3%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duboistown	Hughesville
Population	1,163 → 1,404 (+20.7%)	2,280 → 2,439 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$54,931 → $82,188 (+49.6%)	$53,922 → $63,409 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$130,600 → $187,700 (+43.7%)	$140,100 → $201,300 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,035 (+20.9%)	$650 → $866 (+33.2%)

Duboistown

Population

1,1631,404

Median household income

$54,931$82,188

Median home value

$130,600$187,700

Median gross rent

$856$1,035

Hughesville

Population

2,2802,439

Median household income

$53,922$63,409

Median home value

$140,100$201,300

Median gross rent

$650$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duboistown	Hughesville
Under 5	3.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	17.9%	9.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duboistown	Hughesville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duboistown	Hughesville
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duboistown	Hughesville
Drove alone	76.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duboistown	Hughesville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	60.3%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	22.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duboistown	Hughesville
Poverty rate	8.4%	18.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1948	1938