Deemston vs Hickory

A side-by-side comparison of Deemston and Hickory: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hickory has the higher population (652 vs 617 in Deemston). Hickory has the higher median household income ($94,844 vs $81,667 in Deemston). Deemston has the higher median home value ($223,200 vs $188,500 in Hickory).

Population, income & housing

	Deemston	Hickory
Population	617	652
Median age	46.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$94,844
Median home value	$223,200	$188,500
Housing units	296	249
Homeownership rate	97.3%	83.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deemston	Hickory
Population	777 → 617 (-20.6%)	561 → 652 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $81,667 (+33.7%)	$57,292 → $94,844 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$157,200 → $223,200 (+42.0%)	$143,400 → $188,500 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$480 → $544 (+13.3%)	—

Deemston

Population

777617

Median household income

$61,071$81,667

Median home value

$157,200$223,200

Median gross rent

$480$544

Hickory

Population

561652

Median household income

$57,292$94,844

Median home value

$143,400$188,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deemston	Hickory
Under 5	2.3%	13.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	2.5%
45 to 54	20.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.6%	17.0%
75 and over	7.5%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deemston	Hickory
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	100.0%
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	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deemston	Hickory
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	44.8%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deemston	Hickory
Drove alone	78.3%	94.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deemston	Hickory
1-unit, detached	85.8%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deemston	Hickory
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1957	1962