Factoryville vs Noxen

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

Factoryville and Noxen 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 656 in Noxen). Noxen has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $51,635 in Factoryville). Factoryville has the higher median home value ($187,500 vs $169,500 in Noxen).

Population, income & housing

	Factoryville	Noxen
Population	1,374	656
Median age	21.2 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,635	$55,000
Median home value	$187,500	$169,500
Median gross rent	$1,023	$798
Housing units	380	324
Homeownership rate	63.3%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Factoryville	Noxen
Population	1,292 → 1,374 (+6.3%)	552 → 656 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$54,943 → $51,635 (-6.0%)	$48,500 → $55,000 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$155,400 → $187,500 (+20.7%)	$112,500 → $169,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$588 → $1,023 (+74.0%)	$758 → $798 (+5.3%)

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

Noxen

Population

552656

Median household income

$48,500$55,000

Median home value

$112,500$169,500

Median gross rent

$758$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Factoryville	Noxen
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	36.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	3.3%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	7.5%
45 to 54	3.3%	6.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	22.1%
75 and over	4.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Factoryville	Noxen
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	95.3%
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%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Factoryville	Noxen
No high school diploma	6.3%	16.3%
High school graduate	34.3%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Factoryville	Noxen
Drove alone	66.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	4.4%
Other means	1.2%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Factoryville	Noxen
1-unit, detached	65.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Factoryville	Noxen
Poverty rate	20.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.66	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1943	1950