Kutztown vs Laureldale

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

Kutztown 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 4,188 in Kutztown). Laureldale has the higher median household income ($64,792 vs $52,722 in Kutztown). Kutztown has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $169,100 in Laureldale).

Population, income & housing

	Kutztown	Laureldale
Population	4,188	4,259
Median age	40.2 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,722	$64,792
Median home value	$227,500	$169,100
Median gross rent	$1,139	$1,249
Housing units	2,138	1,595
Homeownership rate	50.0%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.0%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kutztown	Laureldale
Population	5,040 → 4,188 (-16.9%)	3,900 → 4,259 (+9.2%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $52,722 (-0.8%)	$54,483 → $64,792 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$166,700 → $227,500 (+36.5%)	$122,800 → $169,100 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $1,139 (+22.3%)	$913 → $1,249 (+36.8%)

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

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)

	Kutztown	Laureldale
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	19.0%
18 to 24	12.8%	6.8%
25 to 34	19.4%	18.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.3%
75 and over	9.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kutztown	Laureldale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	51.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	41.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kutztown	Laureldale
No high school diploma	1.9%	8.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kutztown	Laureldale
Drove alone	76.8%	78.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	17.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kutztown	Laureldale
1-unit, detached	34.3%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	19.2%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	21.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.5%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Kutztown	Laureldale
Poverty rate	13.7%	12.1%
Average household size	2.09	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1959	1954