Hanover vs Parkville

A side-by-side comparison of Hanover and Parkville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hanover has the higher population (16,483 vs 8,354 in Parkville). Parkville has the higher median household income ($74,509 vs $64,135 in Hanover). Parkville has the higher median home value ($207,100 vs $200,900 in Hanover).

Population, income & housing

	Hanover	Parkville
Population	16,483	8,354
Median age	40.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,135	$74,509
Median home value	$200,900	$207,100
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,181
Housing units	7,911	3,355
Homeownership rate	56.2%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hanover	Parkville
Population	15,609 → 16,483 (+5.6%)	7,234 → 8,354 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$51,909 → $64,135 (+23.6%)	$65,496 → $74,509 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $200,900 (+29.4%)	$155,300 → $207,100 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$843 → $1,095 (+29.9%)	$1,138 → $1,181 (+3.8%)

Hanover

Population

15,60916,483

Median household income

$51,909$64,135

Median home value

$155,300$200,900

Median gross rent

$843$1,095

Parkville

Population

7,2348,354

Median household income

$65,496$74,509

Median home value

$155,300$207,100

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,181

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hanover	Parkville
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.9%	18.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.8%
75 and over	10.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hanover	Parkville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	81.8%
Black or African American	2.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hanover	Parkville
No high school diploma	13.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hanover	Parkville
Drove alone	81.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hanover	Parkville
1-unit, detached	47.4%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	21.9%	29.4%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.1%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Hanover	Parkville
Poverty rate	13.1%	14.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1954	1979