Hooversville vs Jerome

A side-by-side comparison of Hooversville and Jerome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hooversville has the higher population (655 vs 645 in Jerome). Jerome has the higher median household income ($58,986 vs $41,250 in Hooversville). Since 2019, Hooversville's population has grown faster (+5.1% vs -10.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Hooversville	Jerome
Population	655	645
Median age	39.2 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$41,250	$58,986
Median home value	$77,900	—
Median gross rent	$419	—
Housing units	322	381
Homeownership rate	82.1%	93.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hooversville	Jerome
Population	623 → 655 (+5.1%)	722 → 645 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$40,500 → $41,250 (+1.9%)	$48,469 → $58,986 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$64,800 → $77,900 (+20.2%)	$64,000 → $87,200 (+36.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $419 (-30.9%)	—

Hooversville

Population

623655

Median household income

$40,500$41,250

Median home value

$64,800$77,900

Median gross rent

$606$419

Jerome

Population

722645

Median household income

$48,469$58,986

Median home value

$64,000$87,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hooversville	Jerome
Under 5	4.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	19.4%
75 and over	8.2%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hooversville	Jerome
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hooversville	Jerome
No high school diploma	12.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	47.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hooversville	Jerome
Drove alone	85.5%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hooversville	Jerome
1-unit, detached	82.3%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	30.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Hooversville	Jerome
Poverty rate	15.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.49	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1938