2025 Compare Cities Economy:
Lower Providence, PA vs Media, PA

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Highlights
- Household income in Media, is 24% less than it is in Lower Providence and is 11% above the National Average.
- Lower Providence unemployment rate is 4.9%.
- Media unemployment rate is 7.1%.
 Lower Providence, PAMedia, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock7.1%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.3%1.6%
 Future Job Growth32.4%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock4.1%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$47,868  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$77,750$69,021
 Family Median Income$136,573  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Lower Providence, PAMedia, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock4.5%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K1.9%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock5.9%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K4.5%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K7.5%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock12.0%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K12.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock25.4%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K13.6%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock6.9%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Lower Providence, PAMedia, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance20.8%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock9.8%6.5%
 Community, social services3.2%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock4.7%1.2%
 Education, library5.2%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.9%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology6.8%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock1.1%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.6%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock3.3%5.4%
 Building maintenance2.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock1.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support20.8%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock0.8%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair9.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock4.4%13.1%
Reviews for Lower Providence    1 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

I tried to move out form this Lower Providence towhship for 2 years but I still can not sell out my house because people affraid to live in this township. Vety high  More

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Reviews for Media    1 Reviews

Over 17 years ago

Media, Pa has easy access to major highways and the rail system, which makes it easy to get to downtown Philadelphia. Rail takes about the same amount of time but there  More

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