Abbottstown vs Biglerville

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

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

Biglerville has the higher population (1,194 vs 804 in Abbottstown). Abbottstown has the higher median household income ($72,266 vs $51,000 in Biglerville). Biglerville has the higher median home value ($212,800 vs $196,500 in Abbottstown).

Population, income & housing

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
Population	804	1,194
Median age	41.9 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$51,000
Median home value	$196,500	$212,800
Median gross rent	$1,069	$849
Housing units	322	504
Homeownership rate	74.4%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
Population	874 → 804 (-8.0%)	1,222 → 1,194 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$60,833 → $72,266 (+18.8%)	$54,861 → $51,000 (-7.0%)
Median home value	$146,500 → $196,500 (+34.1%)	$169,200 → $212,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,025 → $1,069 (+4.3%)	$879 → $849 (-3.4%)

Abbottstown

Population

874804

Median household income

$60,833$72,266

Median home value

$146,500$196,500

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,069

Biglerville

Population

1,2221,194

Median household income

$54,861$51,000

Median home value

$169,200$212,800

Median gross rent

$879$849

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
Under 5	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	6.7%	15.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	10.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.7%
55 to 64	18.5%	10.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.1%
75 and over	3.2%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.1%
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%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
No high school diploma	13.3%	7.3%
High school graduate	49.9%	44.6%
Some college or associate's	24.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
Drove alone	82.1%	69.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	17.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
1-unit, detached	66.8%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	7.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	20.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abbottstown	Biglerville
Poverty rate	8.5%	18.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1972	1962