Hop Bottom vs Oakland

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

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

Oakland has the higher population (523 vs 283 in Hop Bottom). Oakland has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $50,000 in Hop Bottom). Hop Bottom has the higher median home value ($112,900 vs $97,100 in Oakland).

Population, income & housing

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
Population	283	523
Median age	49.3 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$51,250
Median home value	$112,900	$97,100
Median gross rent	$1,102	$714
Housing units	124	213
Homeownership rate	81.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
Population	321 → 283 (-11.8%)	615 → 523 (-15.0%)
Median household income	$52,955 → $50,000 (-5.6%)	$47,159 → $51,250 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $112,900 (+18.1%)	$74,300 → $97,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,102 (+29.6%)	$666 → $714 (+7.2%)

Hop Bottom

Population

321283

Median household income

$52,955$50,000

Median home value

$95,600$112,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,102

Oakland

Population

615523

Median household income

$47,159$51,250

Median home value

$74,300$97,100

Median gross rent

$666$714

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
Under 5	3.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	10.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.4%
75 and over	11.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.6%
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	4.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
No high school diploma	12.2%	8.9%
High school graduate	68.6%	54.1%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
Drove alone	74.2%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	4.4%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
1-unit, detached	82.3%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Hop Bottom	Oakland
Poverty rate	12.7%	20.2%
Average household size	2.62	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938