Charleroi vs Thompsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Charleroi and Thompsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Charleroi has the higher population (4,203 vs 3,767 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($118,981 vs $43,487 in Charleroi). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($399,200 vs $56,200 in Charleroi).

Population, income & housing

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
Population	4,203	3,767
Median age	36.5 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,487	$118,981
Median home value	$56,200	$399,200
Median gross rent	$845	—
Housing units	2,309	1,517
Homeownership rate	47.7%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
Population	3,953 → 4,203 (+6.3%)	3,574 → 3,767 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$34,866 → $43,487 (+24.7%)	$116,842 → $118,981 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$39,500 → $56,200 (+42.3%)	$296,100 → $399,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $845 (+22.8%)	$1,882 → $1,793 (-4.7%)

Charleroi

Population

3,9534,203

Median household income

$34,866$43,487

Median home value

$39,500$56,200

Median gross rent

$688$845

Thompsonville

Population

3,5743,767

Median household income

$116,842$118,981

Median home value

$296,100$399,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
Under 5	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	15.5%	4.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	15.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.2%
55 to 64	11.1%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.4%
75 and over	7.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.2%	97.3%
Black or African American	11.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	6.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	41.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
Drove alone	67.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	17.2%	2.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.4%
Walked	5.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	17.4%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	60.7%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Charleroi	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	29.4%	1.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1973