Great Bend vs Hop Bottom

A side-by-side comparison of Great Bend and Hop Bottom: population, income, housing, and more.

Great Bend and Hop Bottom are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Great Bend has the higher population (600 vs 283 in Hop Bottom). Hop Bottom has the higher median household income ($50,000 vs $45,750 in Great Bend). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($148,400 vs $112,900 in Hop Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
Population	600	283
Median age	57.2 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,750	$50,000
Median home value	$148,400	$112,900
Median gross rent	$748	$1,102
Housing units	337	124
Homeownership rate	64.4%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
Population	973 → 600 (-38.3%)	321 → 283 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$41,786 → $45,750 (+9.5%)	$52,955 → $50,000 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$114,500 → $148,400 (+29.6%)	$95,600 → $112,900 (+18.1%)
Median gross rent	$852 → $748 (-12.2%)	$850 → $1,102 (+29.6%)

Great Bend

Population

973600

Median household income

$41,786$45,750

Median home value

$114,500$148,400

Median gross rent

$852$748

Hop Bottom

Population

321283

Median household income

$52,955$50,000

Median home value

$95,600$112,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,102

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
Under 5	1.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	11.7%	13.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	2.1%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.7%	15.2%
65 to 74	20.0%	17.3%
75 and over	12.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	49.3%	68.6%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
Drove alone	66.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.0%	10.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
1-unit, detached	59.9%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Great Bend	Hop Bottom
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.7%
Average household size	1.96	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	16	28
Median year structure built	1963	1938