Pennwyn vs Walnuttown

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

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

Pennwyn has the higher population (482 vs 472 in Walnuttown). Since 2019, Pennwyn's population has grown faster (-10.4% vs -23.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
Population	482	472
Median age	50.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$54,023
Median home value	$193,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$977
Housing units	386	225
Homeownership rate	97.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
Population	538 → 482 (-10.4%)	618 → 472 (-23.6%)
Median household income	$84,537 → $48,929 (-42.1%)	$53,558 → $54,023 (+0.9%)
Median home value	$171,400 → $193,500 (+12.9%)	$129,400 → $152,100 (+17.5%)

Pennwyn

Population

538482

Median household income

$84,537$48,929

Median home value

$171,400$193,500

Walnuttown

Population

618472

Median household income

$53,558$54,023

Median home value

$129,400$152,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
Under 5	6.4%	1.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	10.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	1.5%	24.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	9.7%
45 to 54	19.1%	1.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	23.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.0%
75 and over	26.3%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	24.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
No high school diploma	23.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	45.7%	62.2%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
Drove alone	62.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	16.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.9%
Other means	24.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
1-unit, detached	79.3%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	20.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	48.0%

Poverty & households

	Pennwyn	Walnuttown
Poverty rate	26.1%	16.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1974	1993