Factoryville vs Meshoppen

A side-by-side comparison of Factoryville and Meshoppen: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Factoryville has the higher population (1,374 vs 402 in Meshoppen). Meshoppen has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $51,635 in Factoryville). Factoryville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $149,500 in Meshoppen).

Population, income & housing

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
Population	1,374	402
Median age	21.2 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,635	$73,333
Median home value	$187,500	$149,500
Median gross rent	$1,023	$1,109
Housing units	380	160
Homeownership rate	63.3%	71.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
Population	1,292 → 1,374 (+6.3%)	505 → 402 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$54,943 → $51,635 (-6.0%)	$46,875 → $73,333 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $187,500 (+20.7%)	$119,200 → $149,500 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $1,023 (+74.0%)	$896 → $1,109 (+23.8%)

Factoryville

Population

1,2921,374

Median household income

$54,943$51,635

Median home value

$155,400$187,500

Median gross rent

$588$1,023

Meshoppen

Population

505402

Median household income

$46,875$73,333

Median home value

$119,200$149,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
Under 5	5.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	16.6%	27.9%
18 to 24	36.9%	7.2%
25 to 34	3.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	3.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	4.0%
75 and over	4.9%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	91.0%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
No high school diploma	6.3%	20.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
Drove alone	66.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	7.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
1-unit, detached	65.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	10.6%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	15.6%

Poverty & households

	Factoryville	Meshoppen
Poverty rate	20.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.66	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1943	1941