Tower City vs Tremont

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

Tower City 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 1,542 in Tower City). Tremont has the higher median household income ($70,333 vs $69,750 in Tower City). Tower City has the higher median home value ($110,700 vs $83,500 in Tremont).

Population, income & housing

	Tower City	Tremont
Population	1,542	1,729
Median age	40.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$70,333
Median home value	$110,700	$83,500
Median gross rent	$964	$814
Housing units	562	701
Homeownership rate	76.0%	72.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tower City	Tremont
Population	1,261 → 1,542 (+22.3%)	1,732 → 1,729 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $69,750 (+27.7%)	$45,417 → $70,333 (+54.9%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $110,700 (+39.8%)	$70,400 → $83,500 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $964 (+30.6%)	$655 → $814 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Tower City	Tremont
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.7%
75 and over	12.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tower City	Tremont
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tower City	Tremont
No high school diploma	13.1%	13.1%
High school graduate	47.3%	54.8%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	10.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tower City	Tremont
Drove alone	77.5%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tower City	Tremont
1-unit, detached	62.8%	38.8%
1-unit, attached	23.7%	42.2%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Tower City	Tremont
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.97	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938