Stowe vs Trappe

A side-by-side comparison of Stowe and Trappe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Trappe has the higher population (3,995 vs 3,645 in Stowe). Trappe has the higher median household income ($123,355 vs $79,875 in Stowe). Trappe has the higher median home value ($383,900 vs $198,300 in Stowe).

Population, income & housing

	Stowe	Trappe
Population	3,645	3,995
Median age	37.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,875	$123,355
Median home value	$198,300	$383,900
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,789
Housing units	1,572	1,666
Homeownership rate	67.9%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stowe	Trappe
Population	3,662 → 3,645 (-0.5%)	3,610 → 3,995 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$62,705 → $79,875 (+27.4%)	$91,667 → $123,355 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$145,800 → $198,300 (+36.0%)	$258,500 → $383,900 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,039 → $1,264 (+21.7%)	$1,213 → $1,789 (+47.5%)

Stowe

Population

3,6623,645

Median household income

$62,705$79,875

Median home value

$145,800$198,300

Median gross rent

$1,039$1,264

Trappe

Population

3,6103,995

Median household income

$91,667$123,355

Median home value

$258,500$383,900

Median gross rent

$1,213$1,789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stowe	Trappe
Under 5	5.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.0%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.2%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stowe	Trappe
White (non-Hispanic)	81.3%	80.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stowe	Trappe
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.7%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	23.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stowe	Trappe
Drove alone	79.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	22.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stowe	Trappe
1-unit, detached	58.5%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	22.3%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Stowe	Trappe
Poverty rate	7.9%	4.6%
Average household size	2.42	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1955	1981