Mount Aetna vs Pennwyn

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Aetna and Pennwyn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Aetna has the higher population (509 vs 482 in Pennwyn). Mount Aetna has the higher median home value ($326,500 vs $193,500 in Pennwyn). Since 2019, Mount Aetna's population has grown faster (+38.3% vs -10.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
Population	509	482
Median age	45.6 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,375	—
Median home value	$326,500	$193,500
Housing units	204	386
Homeownership rate	89.8%	97.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.9%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
Population	368 → 509 (+38.3%)	538 → 482 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$44,250 → $79,375 (+79.4%)	$84,537 → $48,929 (-42.1%)
Median home value	$157,500 → $326,500 (+107.3%)	$171,400 → $193,500 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$955 → $1,114 (+16.6%)	—

Mount Aetna

Population

368509

Median household income

$44,250$79,375

Median home value

$157,500$326,500

Median gross rent

$955$1,114

Pennwyn

Population

538482

Median household income

$84,537$48,929

Median home value

$171,400$193,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
Under 5	1.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	1.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	32.8%	19.1%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	0.0%
75 and over	1.8%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	75.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	24.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
No high school diploma	27.1%	23.0%
High school graduate	54.9%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	8.1%	16.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	2.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
Drove alone	77.8%	62.1%
Carpooled	18.3%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	24.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
1-unit, detached	71.6%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	20.7%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Aetna	Pennwyn
Poverty rate	4.5%	26.1%
Average household size	2.74	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1966	1974