Hometown vs Valley View

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

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

Valley View has the higher population (1,473 vs 1,426 in Hometown). Hometown has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $71,250 in Valley View). Hometown has the higher median home value ($216,100 vs $144,100 in Valley View).

Population, income & housing

	Hometown	Valley View
Population	1,426	1,473
Median age	46.4 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$71,250
Median home value	$216,100	$144,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,031
Housing units	665	604
Homeownership rate	95.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hometown	Valley View
Population	1,168 → 1,426 (+22.1%)	1,572 → 1,473 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$61,456 → $88,333 (+43.7%)	$58,914 → $71,250 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $216,100 (+25.3%)	$111,200 → $144,100 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $762 (-13.6%)	$802 → $1,031 (+28.6%)

Hometown

Population

1,1681,426

Median household income

$61,456$88,333

Median home value

$172,500$216,100

Median gross rent

$882$762

Valley View

Population

1,5721,473

Median household income

$58,914$71,250

Median home value

$111,200$144,100

Median gross rent

$802$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hometown	Valley View
Under 5	0.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.8%
18 to 24	14.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	6.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	29.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	10.0%
75 and over	9.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hometown	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hometown	Valley View
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hometown	Valley View
Drove alone	82.8%	76.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hometown	Valley View
1-unit, detached	100.0%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Hometown	Valley View
Poverty rate	1.9%	8.1%
Average household size	2.35	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1969	1950