Pennside vs Wyomissing

A side-by-side comparison of Pennside and Wyomissing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wyomissing has the higher population (11,100 vs 5,406 in Pennside). Wyomissing has the higher median household income ($88,214 vs $77,411 in Pennside). Wyomissing has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $195,000 in Pennside).

Population, income & housing

	Pennside	Wyomissing
Population	5,406	11,100
Median age	39.0 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,411	$88,214
Median home value	$195,000	$326,800
Median gross rent	$1,289	$1,746
Housing units	2,352	5,415
Homeownership rate	77.7%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennside	Wyomissing
Population	4,304 → 5,406 (+25.6%)	10,473 → 11,100 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$65,295 → $77,411 (+18.6%)	$81,178 → $88,214 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$153,000 → $195,000 (+27.5%)	$245,600 → $326,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,289 (+34.3%)	$1,330 → $1,746 (+31.3%)

Pennside

Population

4,3045,406

Median household income

$65,295$77,411

Median home value

$153,000$195,000

Median gross rent

$960$1,289

Wyomissing

Population

10,47311,100

Median household income

$81,178$88,214

Median home value

$245,600$326,800

Median gross rent

$1,330$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennside	Wyomissing
Under 5	6.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	21.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.5%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennside	Wyomissing
White (non-Hispanic)	67.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennside	Wyomissing
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.4%
High school graduate	41.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennside	Wyomissing
Drove alone	81.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.8%	7.7%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	11.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennside	Wyomissing
1-unit, detached	57.7%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	18.0%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	8.9%
20 or more units	5.7%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennside	Wyomissing
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.0%
Average household size	2.45	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1955	1969