Meshoppen vs Noxen

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

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

Noxen has the higher population (656 vs 402 in Meshoppen). Meshoppen has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $55,000 in Noxen). Noxen has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $149,500 in Meshoppen).

Population, income & housing

	Meshoppen	Noxen
Population	402	656
Median age	28.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$55,000
Median home value	$149,500	$169,500
Median gross rent	$1,109	$798
Housing units	160	324
Homeownership rate	71.8%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meshoppen	Noxen
Population	505 → 402 (-20.4%)	552 → 656 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $73,333 (+56.4%)	$48,500 → $55,000 (+13.4%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $149,500 (+25.4%)	$112,500 → $169,500 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,109 (+23.8%)	$758 → $798 (+5.3%)

Meshoppen

Population

505402

Median household income

$46,875$73,333

Median home value

$119,200$149,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,109

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)

	Meshoppen	Noxen
Under 5	10.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	27.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.2%	5.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.9%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	13.7%	12.0%
65 to 74	4.0%	22.1%
75 and over	0.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meshoppen	Noxen
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	95.3%
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	2.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meshoppen	Noxen
No high school diploma	20.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	42.3%	54.2%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	21.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meshoppen	Noxen
Drove alone	84.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	7.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meshoppen	Noxen
1-unit, detached	69.4%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	9.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Meshoppen	Noxen
Poverty rate	17.9%	10.6%
Average household size	3.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1941	1950