Jacksonwald vs Laureldale

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

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

Laureldale has the higher population (4,259 vs 4,201 in Jacksonwald). Jacksonwald has the higher median household income ($125,143 vs $64,792 in Laureldale). Jacksonwald has the higher median home value ($306,900 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
Population	4,201	4,259
Median age	47.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$125,143	$64,792
Median home value	$306,900	$169,100
Median gross rent	$1,671	$1,249
Housing units	1,446	1,595
Homeownership rate	95.1%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	13.4%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
Population	2,900 → 4,201 (+44.9%)	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$86,029 → $125,143 (+45.5%)	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$197,600 → $306,900 (+55.3%)	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)

Jacksonwald

Population

2,9004,201

Median household income

$86,029$125,143

Median home value

$197,600$306,900

Laureldale

Population

3,9004,259

Median household income

$54,483$64,792

Median home value

$122,800$169,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,249

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
Under 5	2.1%	6.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	17.3%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.3%
75 and over	8.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	51.0%
Black or African American	7.4%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	41.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
No high school diploma	3.0%	8.6%
High school graduate	37.8%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
Drove alone	86.7%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
1-unit, detached	94.7%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonwald	Laureldale
Poverty rate	0.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1984	1954