Arendtsville vs McKnightstown

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

Arendtsville and McKnightstown 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 728 in McKnightstown). McKnightstown has the higher median household income ($111,923 vs $98,125 in Arendtsville). Arendtsville has the higher median home value ($206,500 vs $185,900 in McKnightstown).

Population, income & housing

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
Population	852	728
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,125	$111,923
Median home value	$206,500	$185,900
Median gross rent	$1,023	—
Housing units	352	297
Homeownership rate	75.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
Population	749 → 852 (+13.8%)	163 → 728 (+346.6%)
Median household income	$65,833 → $98,125 (+49.1%)	$30,964 → $111,923 (+261.5%)
Median home value	$177,200 → $206,500 (+16.5%)	$341,900 → $185,900 (-45.6%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $1,023 (+42.3%)	—

Arendtsville

Population

749852

Median household income

$65,833$98,125

Median home value

$177,200$206,500

Median gross rent

$719$1,023

McKnightstown

Population

163728

Median household income

$30,964$111,923

Median home value

$341,900$185,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
Under 5	3.8%	10.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	16.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	21.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.7%	8.9%
65 to 74	13.6%	30.5%
75 and over	4.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	36.5%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
Drove alone	79.4%	84.0%
Carpooled	14.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
1-unit, detached	82.1%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Arendtsville	McKnightstown
Poverty rate	7.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.75	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	22	33
Median year structure built	1951	1938