Hop Bottom vs Thompson

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

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

Thompson has the higher population (297 vs 283 in Hop Bottom). Thompson has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $50,000 in Hop Bottom). Thompson has the higher median home value ($134,100 vs $112,900 in Hop Bottom).

Population, income & housing

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
Population	283	297
Median age	49.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,000	$62,500
Median home value	$112,900	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,102	$1,300
Housing units	124	147
Homeownership rate	81.5%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
Population	321 → 283 (-11.8%)	330 → 297 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$52,955 → $50,000 (-5.6%)	$45,833 → $62,500 (+36.4%)
Median home value	$95,600 → $112,900 (+18.1%)	$100,900 → $134,100 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,102 (+29.6%)	$731 → $1,300 (+77.8%)

Hop Bottom

Population

321283

Median household income

$52,955$50,000

Median home value

$95,600$112,900

Median gross rent

$850$1,102

Thompson

Population

330297

Median household income

$45,833$62,500

Median home value

$100,900$134,100

Median gross rent

$731$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
Under 5	3.5%	17.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.5%
35 to 44	16.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	5.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.1%
75 and over	11.3%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
No high school diploma	12.2%	5.3%
High school graduate	68.6%	47.9%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
Drove alone	74.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	7.3%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.8%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	10.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
1-unit, detached	82.3%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Hop Bottom	Thompson
Poverty rate	12.7%	23.9%
Average household size	2.62	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	35
Median year structure built	1938	1938