Cressona vs Hometown

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

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

Hometown has the higher population (1,426 vs 1,303 in Cressona). Hometown has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $71,010 in Cressona). Hometown has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $153,500 in Cressona).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Hometown
Population	1,303	1,426
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$88,333
Median home value	$153,500	$216,100
Median gross rent	$888	—
Housing units	588	665
Homeownership rate	73.2%	95.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Hometown
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,168 → 1,426 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$61,456 → $88,333 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$172,500 → $216,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$882 → $762 (-13.6%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Hometown

Population

1,1681,426

Median household income

$61,456$88,333

Median home value

$172,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$882$762

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Hometown
Under 5	4.6%	0.8%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	14.7%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	6.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	29.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	8.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.0%
75 and over	8.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Hometown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.1%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Hometown
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Hometown
Drove alone	76.2%	82.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	11.3%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Hometown
1-unit, detached	66.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Hometown
Poverty rate	5.5%	1.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	23	33
Median year structure built	1938	1969