Abbottstown vs Bendersville

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

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

Abbottstown has the higher population (804 vs 667 in Bendersville). Bendersville has the higher median household income ($80,461 vs $72,266 in Abbottstown). Abbottstown has the higher median home value ($196,500 vs $180,100 in Bendersville).

Population, income & housing

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
Population	804	667
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$80,461
Median home value	$196,500	$180,100
Median gross rent	$1,069	$1,165
Housing units	322	257
Homeownership rate	74.4%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	668 → 667 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $72,266 (+18.8%)	$76,667 → $80,461 (+4.9%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $196,500 (+34.1%)	$174,600 → $180,100 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,069 (+4.3%)	$939 → $1,165 (+24.1%)

Abbottstown

Population

874804

Median household income

$60,833$72,266

Median home value

$146,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,069

Bendersville

Population

668667

Median household income

$76,667$80,461

Median home value

$174,600$180,100

Median gross rent

$939$1,165

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
Under 5	7.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.9%
75 and over	3.2%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	58.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.1%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	32.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
No high school diploma	13.3%	13.3%
High school graduate	49.9%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
Drove alone	82.1%	83.4%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
1-unit, detached	66.8%	63.0%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	7.8%

Poverty & households

	Abbottstown	Bendersville
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1972	1962