Mount Penn vs West Wyomissing

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Penn and West Wyomissing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Wyomissing has the higher population (3,263 vs 3,236 in Mount Penn). West Wyomissing has the higher median household income ($75,944 vs $61,544 in Mount Penn). West Wyomissing has the higher median home value ($180,500 vs $163,300 in Mount Penn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
Population	3,236	3,263
Median age	36.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,544	$75,944
Median home value	$163,300	$180,500
Median gross rent	$940	$1,304
Housing units	1,409	1,542
Homeownership rate	63.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
Population	3,126 → 3,236 (+3.5%)	3,255 → 3,263 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$47,455 → $61,544 (+29.7%)	$74,063 → $75,944 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $163,300 (+47.5%)	$142,100 → $180,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $940 (-5.7%)	$1,205 → $1,304 (+8.2%)

Mount Penn

Population

3,1263,236

Median household income

$47,455$61,544

Median home value

$110,700$163,300

Median gross rent

$997$940

West Wyomissing

Population

3,2553,263

Median household income

$74,063$75,944

Median home value

$142,100$180,500

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
Under 5	3.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	11.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	3.7%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	15.7%
75 and over	9.5%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	77.8%
Black or African American	6.8%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	46.1%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
Drove alone	69.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	2.2%
Public transit	1.6%	0.1%
Walked	8.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
1-unit, detached	33.8%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	39.7%	22.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	3.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mount Penn	West Wyomissing
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.4%
Average household size	2.45	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1941	1958