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Place dossier plate
SheetPA-DUPONT-PA · Dupont, PA 2,545 pop · income 59th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Dupont
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Dupont on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Brownsville · lowest
28,656
Brownsville · lowest
28,656 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #1
Dupont · this city
78,036
Dupont · this city
78,036 median HH income
72.1% of the leader · rank #2
Whitmore Lake · near
78,038
Whitmore Lake · near
78,038 median HH income
72.1% of the leader · rank #3
Wells · near
78,047
Wells · near
78,047 median HH income
72.1% of the leader · rank #4
Levan · near
78,047
Levan · near
78,047 median HH income
72.1% of the leader · rank #5
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053 median HH income
72.1% of the leader · rank #6
Morris · highest
108,274
Morris · highest
108,274 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Dupont on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,545.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Dupont - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Dupont lands in the 59th percentile for household income and the 65th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
59th
percentile, household income
24th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
65th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Dupont, PA
2,545 people live in Dupont, Pennsylvania - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Dupont brings in $78,036 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.7%. Typical homes in Dupont are valued around $142,100, and the median resident age is 46.1 years. About 18.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 62.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Dupont reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 975.4 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Pennsylvania at 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Pennsylvania's average monthly utility costs around $260 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Dupont's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to reported crime to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Dupont, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Population change
Is Dupont growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +58 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +2.3% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in Dupont?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Dupont?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 975.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 57% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Which cities make useful reference points for Dupont?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Curwensville (2,544 residents, $50,679 income); Brownsville (2,539 residents, $28,656 income); Lawson Heights (2,552 residents, $64,844 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Bald Knob, AR (2,545 residents); Cave City, KY (2,545 residents); Snow Hill, MD (2,545 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Dupont?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 88.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
5.4%
Drive alone
88.2%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,400 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 4.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
C+
City profile score · Dupont, PA
60/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A
39 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B-
4.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$78,036
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
18.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Dupont profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 87/100 (A) · 39 /100k
Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.7%
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $78,036
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 31/100 (F) · 18.9%
Where Dupont sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Dupont's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Dupont highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Dupont, PA (this city): home $142,100, crime 975/100k
Bald Knob, AR : home $136,500, crime 2,352/100k
Cave City, KY : home $108,100, crime 297/100k
Snow Hill, MD : home $194,300, crime 1,123/100k
Morris, AL : home $233,600, crime 491/100k
Curwensville, PA : home $95,700, crime 403/100k
Brownsville, PA : home $63,900, crime 1,541/100k
Millersburg, PA : home $123,500, crime 557/100k
Weatherly, PA : home $148,300, crime 5,562/100k
How does Dupont compare to other US cities?
Dupont measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value24% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
Safety65% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Pennsylvania and the picture shifts: Dupont ranks #229 of 402 Pennsylvania cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Dupont against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Dupont near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Dupont ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Dupont only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#584 of 1,765
67th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#1,123 of 1,790
37th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,019 of 1,856
44th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,096 of 1,861
41st percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
59th percentile nationally for median household income · 65th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Dupont's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Dupont's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Dupont's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$142,100Among the most affordablemore affordable than 76% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Dupont's home-value-to-income ratio: 1.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#1,062 of 15,516
More affordable than 93% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,028 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.8×, Dupont sits in the affordable band:
national rank #1,062 of 15,516 and #1,028 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$78,036Dupont, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Dupont, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Dupont, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)18.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)62.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,545
Median Income
$78,036
Median Home Value
$142,100
Median Age
46.1
Poverty Rate
4.7%
Labor force participation
62.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
18.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
975.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
39.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
936.4
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Dupont's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,531 residents
2021
2,545 residents
2022
2,547 residents
2023
2,560 residents
2024
2,576 residents
2025
2,589 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
88.2%
Carpool
5.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.4%
Work from Home
5.4%
Based on 1,400 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Dupont. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Dupont is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Dupont sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Dupont compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.