Hometown vs Tower City

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

Hometown 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 1,426 in Hometown). Hometown has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $69,750 in Tower City). Hometown has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $110,700 in Tower City).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Tower City
Population	1,426	1,542
Median age	46.4 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$69,750
Median home value	$216,100	$110,700
Median gross rent	—	$964
Housing units	665	562
Homeownership rate	95.5%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Tower City
Population	1,168 → 1,426 (+22.1%)	1,261 → 1,542 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$61,456 → $88,333 (+43.7%)	$54,615 → $69,750 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $216,100 (+25.3%)	$79,200 → $110,700 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $762 (-13.6%)	$738 → $964 (+30.6%)

Hometown

Population

1,1681,426

Median household income

$61,456$88,333

Median home value

$172,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$882$762

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)

	Hometown	Tower City
Under 5	0.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.1%
18 to 24	14.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	5.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	29.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	9.5%
75 and over	9.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Tower City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Tower City
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	47.3%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Tower City
Drove alone	82.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Tower City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	23.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Tower City
Poverty rate	1.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	33	35
Median year structure built	1969	1938