Cressona vs Tremont

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

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

Tremont has the higher population (1,729 vs 1,303 in Cressona). Cressona has the higher median household income ($71,010 vs $70,333 in Tremont). Cressona has the higher median home value ($153,500 vs $83,500 in Tremont).

Population, income & housing

	Cressona	Tremont
Population	1,303	1,729
Median age	38.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,010	$70,333
Median home value	$153,500	$83,500
Median gross rent	$888	$814
Housing units	588	701
Homeownership rate	73.2%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cressona	Tremont
Population	1,572 → 1,303 (-17.1%)	1,732 → 1,729 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$57,717 → $71,010 (+23.0%)	$45,417 → $70,333 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$121,100 → $153,500 (+26.8%)	$70,400 → $83,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $888 (+15.9%)	$655 → $814 (+24.3%)

Cressona

Population

1,5721,303

Median household income

$57,717$71,010

Median home value

$121,100$153,500

Median gross rent

$766$888

Tremont

Population

1,7321,729

Median household income

$45,417$70,333

Median home value

$70,400$83,500

Median gross rent

$655$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cressona	Tremont
Under 5	4.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.7%
75 and over	8.4%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cressona	Tremont
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%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cressona	Tremont
No high school diploma	6.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cressona	Tremont
Drove alone	76.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	4.2%
Other means	2.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cressona	Tremont
1-unit, detached	66.0%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	42.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Cressona	Tremont
Poverty rate	5.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.35	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938