Wernersville vs Womelsdorf

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

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

Womelsdorf has the higher population (2,882 vs 2,767 in Wernersville). Womelsdorf has the higher median household income ($100,227 vs $71,500 in Wernersville). Wernersville has the higher median home value ($218,100 vs $194,900 in Womelsdorf).

Population, income & housing

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
Population	2,767	2,882
Median age	45.1 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,500	$100,227
Median home value	$218,100	$194,900
Median gross rent	$1,576	$1,214
Housing units	1,263	997
Homeownership rate	70.6%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
Population	2,793 → 2,767 (-0.9%)	2,884 → 2,882 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$55,495 → $71,500 (+28.8%)	$63,898 → $100,227 (+56.9%)
Median home value	$167,600 → $218,100 (+30.1%)	$119,900 → $194,900 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,036 → $1,576 (+52.1%)	$1,067 → $1,214 (+13.8%)

Wernersville

Population

2,7932,767

Median household income

$55,495$71,500

Median home value

$167,600$218,100

Median gross rent

$1,036$1,576

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)

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
Under 5	7.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.3%	19.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	11.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	7.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	17.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	13.0%	5.4%
75 and over	15.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	74.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	11.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
No high school diploma	3.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	56.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
Drove alone	78.8%	83.7%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
1-unit, detached	45.1%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	27.2%	17.3%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	21.4%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Wernersville	Womelsdorf
Poverty rate	7.1%	6.5%
Average household size	2.25	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1971	1981