Abbottstown vs Arendtsville

A side-by-side comparison of Abbottstown and Arendtsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arendtsville has the higher population (852 vs 804 in Abbottstown). Arendtsville has the higher median household income ($98,125 vs $72,266 in Abbottstown). Arendtsville has the higher median home value ($206,500 vs $196,500 in Abbottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
Population	804	852
Median age	41.9 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$98,125
Median home value	$196,500	$206,500
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,023
Housing units	322	352
Homeownership rate	74.4%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	749 → 852 (+13.8%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $72,266 (+18.8%)	$65,833 → $98,125 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $196,500 (+34.1%)	$177,200 → $206,500 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,069 (+4.3%)	$719 → $1,023 (+42.3%)

Abbottstown

Population

874804

Median household income

$60,833$72,266

Median home value

$146,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,069

Arendtsville

Population

749852

Median household income

$65,833$98,125

Median home value

$177,200$206,500

Median gross rent

$719$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
Under 5	7.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	16.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.8%
55 to 64	18.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.6%
75 and over	3.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
No high school diploma	13.3%	4.7%
High school graduate	49.9%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	21.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	15.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
Drove alone	82.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	14.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	3.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
1-unit, detached	66.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Abbottstown	Arendtsville
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.63	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1951