Hyde Park vs Wernersville

A side-by-side comparison of Hyde Park and Wernersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wernersville has the higher population (2,767 vs 2,649 in Hyde Park). Hyde Park has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $71,500 in Wernersville). Wernersville has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $162,800 in Hyde Park).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
Population	2,649	2,767
Median age	37.0 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,750	$71,500
Median home value	$162,800	$218,100
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,576
Housing units	950	1,263
Homeownership rate	77.5%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
Population	2,692 → 2,649 (-1.6%)	2,793 → 2,767 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$54,444 → $73,750 (+35.5%)	$55,495 → $71,500 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $162,800 (+40.6%)	$167,600 → $218,100 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,073 (+25.1%)	$1,036 → $1,576 (+52.1%)

Hyde Park

Population

2,6922,649

Median household income

$54,444$73,750

Median home value

$115,800$162,800

Median gross rent

$858$1,073

Wernersville

Population

2,7932,767

Median household income

$55,495$71,500

Median home value

$167,600$218,100

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
Under 5	7.7%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	13.0%
75 and over	8.9%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
White (non-Hispanic)	39.6%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	55.9%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
No high school diploma	23.3%	3.3%
High school graduate	44.4%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	16.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
Drove alone	74.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.0%
Public transit	3.8%	0.6%
Walked	3.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	11.8%
Other means	3.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
1-unit, detached	28.8%	45.1%
1-unit, attached	43.4%	27.2%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	13.3%	21.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Hyde Park	Wernersville
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.1%
Average household size	3.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1952	1971