Tower City vs Valley View

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

Tower City and Valley View 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 1,473 in Valley View). Valley View has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $69,750 in Tower City). Valley View has the higher median home value ($144,100 vs $110,700 in Tower City).

Population, income & housing

	Tower City	Valley View
Population	1,542	1,473
Median age	40.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,750	$71,250
Median home value	$110,700	$144,100
Median gross rent	$964	$1,031
Housing units	562	604
Homeownership rate	76.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tower City	Valley View
Population	1,261 → 1,542 (+22.3%)	1,572 → 1,473 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$54,615 → $69,750 (+27.7%)	$58,914 → $71,250 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$79,200 → $110,700 (+39.8%)	$111,200 → $144,100 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $964 (+30.6%)	$802 → $1,031 (+28.6%)

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

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)

	Tower City	Valley View
Under 5	4.7%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	10.0%
75 and over	12.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tower City	Valley View
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tower City	Valley View
No high school diploma	13.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	47.3%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	26.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tower City	Valley View
Drove alone	77.5%	76.9%
Carpooled	11.9%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tower City	Valley View
1-unit, detached	62.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	23.7%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Tower City	Valley View
Poverty rate	8.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.97	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1938	1950