Noxen vs Tunkhannock

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

Noxen 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 656 in Noxen). Noxen has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $54,821 in Tunkhannock). Tunkhannock has the higher median home value ($182,600 vs $169,500 in Noxen).

Population, income & housing

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
Population	656	1,665
Median age	53.3 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$54,821
Median home value	$169,500	$182,600
Median gross rent	$798	$824
Housing units	324	906
Homeownership rate	72.9%	54.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	17.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
Population	552 → 656 (+18.8%)	1,763 → 1,665 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $55,000 (+13.4%)	$42,760 → $54,821 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $169,500 (+50.7%)	$137,500 → $182,600 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$758 → $798 (+5.3%)	$746 → $824 (+10.5%)

Noxen

Population

552656

Median household income

$48,500$55,000

Median home value

$112,500$169,500

Median gross rent

$758$798

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)

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
Under 5	3.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.1%
35 to 44	7.5%	8.9%
45 to 54	6.9%	15.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	22.1%	16.9%
75 and over	13.3%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	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	3.7%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
No high school diploma	16.3%	10.2%
High school graduate	54.2%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
Drove alone	75.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	18.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	4.4%	6.7%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
1-unit, detached	71.3%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Noxen	Tunkhannock
Poverty rate	10.6%	23.4%
Average household size	2.31	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1950	1938