Wall vs West Elizabeth

A side-by-side comparison of Wall and West Elizabeth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wall has the higher population (480 vs 400 in West Elizabeth). West Elizabeth has the higher median household income ($62,778 vs $61,875 in Wall). West Elizabeth has the higher median home value ($76,600 vs $53,800 in Wall).

Population, income & housing

	Wall	West Elizabeth
Population	480	400
Median age	35.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,875	$62,778
Median home value	$53,800	$76,600
Median gross rent	$1,118	$806
Housing units	325	194
Homeownership rate	60.1%	78.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wall	West Elizabeth
Population	564 → 480 (-14.9%)	524 → 400 (-23.7%)
Median household income	$42,188 → $61,875 (+46.7%)	$45,000 → $62,778 (+39.5%)
Median home value	$45,800 → $53,800 (+17.5%)	$66,000 → $76,600 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,118 (+54.2%)	$716 → $806 (+12.6%)

Wall

Population

564480

Median household income

$42,188$61,875

Median home value

$45,800$53,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,118

West Elizabeth

Population

524400

Median household income

$45,000$62,778

Median home value

$66,000$76,600

Median gross rent

$716$806

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wall	West Elizabeth
Under 5	4.4%	6.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.5%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.8%	3.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	19.5%
55 to 64	13.1%	19.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wall	West Elizabeth
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wall	West Elizabeth
No high school diploma	6.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	46.4%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	9.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wall	West Elizabeth
Drove alone	73.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	15.6%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wall	West Elizabeth
1-unit, detached	74.2%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Wall	West Elizabeth
Poverty rate	20.8%	7.2%
Average household size	1.98	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1938	1951