Muhlenberg Park vs West Lawn

A side-by-side comparison of Muhlenberg Park and West Lawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Lawn has the higher population (1,213 vs 1,179 in Muhlenberg Park). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median household income ($94,426 vs $68,309 in West Lawn). Muhlenberg Park has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $183,100 in West Lawn).

Population, income & housing

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
Population	1,179	1,213
Median age	57.8 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$94,426	$68,309
Median home value	$266,300	$183,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,200
Housing units	623	619
Homeownership rate	98.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
Population	1,656 → 1,179 (-28.8%)	1,567 → 1,213 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$75,653 → $94,426 (+24.8%)	$62,010 → $68,309 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $266,300 (+61.2%)	$143,600 → $183,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,272 → $1,200 (-5.7%)

Muhlenberg Park

Population

1,6561,179

Median household income

$75,653$94,426

Median home value

$165,200$266,300

West Lawn

Population

1,5671,213

Median household income

$62,010$68,309

Median home value

$143,600$183,100

Median gross rent

$1,272$1,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
Under 5	0.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	10.8%	23.5%
35 to 44	2.1%	7.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	18.5%
55 to 64	33.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	16.8%	4.9%
75 and over	12.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	68.7%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	54.6%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	21.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
Drove alone	88.6%	72.7%
Carpooled	4.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
1-unit, detached	98.2%	37.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	47.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muhlenberg Park	West Lawn
Poverty rate	5.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.06	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1963	1950