Douglassville vs Strausstown

A side-by-side comparison of Douglassville and Strausstown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Strausstown has the higher population (341 vs 322 in Douglassville). Douglassville has the higher median home value ($471,700 vs $161,300 in Strausstown). Since 2019, Strausstown's population has grown faster (-18.0% vs -27.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Douglassville	Strausstown
Population	322	341
Median age	73.8 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,194
Median home value	$471,700	$161,300
Median gross rent	$1,244	—
Housing units	275	146
Homeownership rate	23.0%	91.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglassville	Strausstown
Population	443 → 322 (-27.3%)	416 → 341 (-18.0%)
Median household income	$29,879 → $29,884 (+0.0%)	$48,958 → $88,194 (+80.1%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $471,700 (+241.3%)	$129,200 → $161,300 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,977 → $1,244 (-58.2%)	$800 → $1,150 (+43.8%)

Douglassville

Population

443322

Median household income

$29,879$29,884

Median home value

$138,200$471,700

Median gross rent

$2,977$1,244

Strausstown

Population

416341

Median household income

$48,958$88,194

Median home value

$129,200$161,300

Median gross rent

$800$1,150

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglassville	Strausstown
Under 5	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	3.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.0%
55 to 64	5.6%	10.9%
65 to 74	3.1%	10.6%
75 and over	49.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglassville	Strausstown
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	85.3%
Black or African American	6.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	14.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglassville	Strausstown
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	25.3%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglassville	Strausstown
Drove alone	46.2%	92.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.0%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglassville	Strausstown
1-unit, detached	19.3%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	54.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Douglassville	Strausstown
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.7%
Average household size	1.40	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	2003	1938