Cressona vs Hegins

A side-by-side comparison of Cressona and Hegins: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cressona has the higher population (1,303 vs 1,103 in Hegins). Hegins has the higher median household income ($90,829 vs $71,010 in Cressona). Hegins has the higher median home value ($209,800 vs $153,500 in Cressona).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Hegins
Population	1,303	1,103
Median age	38.5 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$90,829
Median home value	$153,500	$209,800
Median gross rent	$888	$800
Housing units	588	540
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Hegins
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	916 → 1,103 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$70,000 → $90,829 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$98,500 → $209,800 (+113.0%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$718 → $800 (+11.4%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Hegins

Population

9161,103

Median household income

$70,000$90,829

Median home value

$98,500$209,800

Median gross rent

$718$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Hegins
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	1.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	16.7%	48.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	4.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.6%
75 and over	8.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Hegins
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Hegins
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.2%
High school graduate	50.0%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Hegins
Drove alone	76.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Hegins
1-unit, detached	66.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Hegins
Poverty rate	5.5%	4.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1961