Monongahela vs Thompsonville

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

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

Monongahela has the higher population (4,113 vs 3,767 in Thompsonville). Thompsonville has the higher median household income ($118,981 vs $55,500 in Monongahela). Thompsonville has the higher median home value ($399,200 vs $119,300 in Monongahela).

Population, income & housing

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
Population	4,113	3,767
Median age	44.1 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,500	$118,981
Median home value	$119,300	$399,200
Median gross rent	$817	—
Housing units	2,245	1,517
Homeownership rate	70.5%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	54.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
Population	4,138 → 4,113 (-0.6%)	3,574 → 3,767 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$48,986 → $55,500 (+13.3%)	$116,842 → $118,981 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$81,800 → $119,300 (+45.8%)	$296,100 → $399,200 (+34.8%)
Median gross rent	$676 → $817 (+20.9%)	$1,882 → $1,793 (-4.7%)

Monongahela

Population

4,1384,113

Median household income

$48,986$55,500

Median home value

$81,800$119,300

Median gross rent

$676$817

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)

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
Under 5	4.8%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.8%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	7.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	17.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	16.4%
75 and over	7.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	42.7%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	31.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
Drove alone	83.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.5%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	17.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
1-unit, detached	75.5%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Monongahela	Thompsonville
Poverty rate	12.1%	1.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1938	1973