Jacksonwald vs Kutztown

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonwald and Kutztown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacksonwald has the higher population (4,201 vs 4,188 in Kutztown). Jacksonwald has the higher median household income ($125,143 vs $52,722 in Kutztown). Jacksonwald has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $227,500 in Kutztown).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
Population	4,201	4,188
Median age	47.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,143	$52,722
Median home value	$306,900	$227,500
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,139
Housing units	1,446	2,138
Homeownership rate	95.1%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
Population	2,900 → 4,201 (+44.9%)	5,040 → 4,188 (-16.9%)
Median household income	$86,029 → $125,143 (+45.5%)	$53,125 → $52,722 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $306,900 (+55.3%)	$166,700 → $227,500 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$931 → $1,139 (+22.3%)

Jacksonwald

Population

2,9004,201

Median household income

$86,029$125,143

Median home value

$197,600$306,900

Kutztown

Population

5,0404,188

Median household income

$53,125$52,722

Median home value

$166,700$227,500

Median gross rent

$931$1,139

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
Under 5	2.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.4%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.6%
55 to 64	20.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	13.1%
75 and over	8.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	86.9%
Black or African American	7.4%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
No high school diploma	3.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
Drove alone	86.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
1-unit, detached	94.7%	34.3%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	23.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	19.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonwald	Kutztown
Poverty rate	0.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1984	1959