Cressona vs Tower City

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

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

Tower City has the higher population (1,542 vs 1,303 in Cressona). Cressona has the higher median household income ($71,010 vs $69,750 in Tower City). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $110,700 in Tower City).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Tower City
Population	1,303	1,542
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$69,750
Median home value	$153,500	$110,700
Median gross rent	$888	$964
Housing units	588	562
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Tower City
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,261 → 1,542 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$54,615 → $69,750 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$79,200 → $110,700 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$738 → $964 (+30.6%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Tower City

Population

1,2611,542

Median household income

$54,615$69,750

Median home value

$79,200$110,700

Median gross rent

$738$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Tower City
Under 5	4.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.5%
75 and over	8.4%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Tower City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Tower City
No high school diploma	6.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Tower City
Drove alone	76.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Tower City
1-unit, detached	66.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Tower City
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938