Mount Penn vs Womelsdorf

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

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

Mount Penn has the higher population (3,236 vs 2,882 in Womelsdorf). Womelsdorf has the higher median household income ($100,227 vs $61,544 in Mount Penn). Womelsdorf has the higher median home value ($194,900 vs $163,300 in Mount Penn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
Population	3,236	2,882
Median age	36.0 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,544	$100,227
Median home value	$163,300	$194,900
Median gross rent	$940	$1,214
Housing units	1,409	997
Homeownership rate	63.3%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
Population	3,126 → 3,236 (+3.5%)	2,884 → 2,882 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$47,455 → $61,544 (+29.7%)	$63,898 → $100,227 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $163,300 (+47.5%)	$119,900 → $194,900 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $940 (-5.7%)	$1,067 → $1,214 (+13.8%)

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

Womelsdorf

Population

2,8842,882

Median household income

$63,898$100,227

Median home value

$119,900$194,900

Median gross rent

$1,067$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
Under 5	3.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.5%	19.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	7.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	17.2%
55 to 64	3.7%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.4%
75 and over	9.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	74.8%
Black or African American	6.8%	3.0%
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%	11.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	46.1%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
Drove alone	69.1%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
1-unit, detached	33.8%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	39.7%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Penn	Womelsdorf
Poverty rate	12.9%	6.5%
Average household size	2.45	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1941	1981