Meshoppen vs Tunkhannock

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

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

Tunkhannock has the higher population (1,665 vs 402 in Meshoppen). Meshoppen has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $54,821 in Tunkhannock). Tunkhannock has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $149,500 in Meshoppen).

Population, income & housing

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
Population	402	1,665
Median age	28.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,333	$54,821
Median home value	$149,500	$182,600
Median gross rent	$1,109	$824
Housing units	160	906
Homeownership rate	71.8%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
Population	505 → 402 (-20.4%)	1,763 → 1,665 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $73,333 (+56.4%)	$42,760 → $54,821 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$119,200 → $149,500 (+25.4%)	$137,500 → $182,600 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,109 (+23.8%)	$746 → $824 (+10.5%)

Meshoppen

Population

505402

Median household income

$46,875$73,333

Median home value

$119,200$149,500

Median gross rent

$896$1,109

Tunkhannock

Population

1,7631,665

Median household income

$42,760$54,821

Median home value

$137,500$182,600

Median gross rent

$746$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
Under 5	10.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	27.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	15.1%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	4.0%	16.9%
75 and over	0.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
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%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
No high school diploma	20.9%	10.2%
High school graduate	42.3%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
Drove alone	84.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	18.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
1-unit, detached	69.4%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meshoppen	Tunkhannock
Poverty rate	17.9%	23.4%
Average household size	3.24	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1941	1938