Whitfield vs Wyomissing

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

Whitfield 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 5,346 in Whitfield). Whitfield has the higher median household income ($123,358 vs $88,214 in Wyomissing). Wyomissing has the higher median home value ($326,800 vs $291,500 in Whitfield).

Population, income & housing

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
Population	5,346	11,100
Median age	46.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$123,358	$88,214
Median home value	$291,500	$326,800
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,746
Housing units	2,054	5,415
Homeownership rate	91.5%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
Population	4,560 → 5,346 (+17.2%)	10,473 → 11,100 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$79,896 → $123,358 (+54.4%)	$81,178 → $88,214 (+8.7%)
Median home value	$213,400 → $291,500 (+36.6%)	$245,600 → $326,800 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,180 → $1,380 (+16.9%)	$1,330 → $1,746 (+31.3%)

Whitfield

Population

4,5605,346

Median household income

$79,896$123,358

Median home value

$213,400$291,500

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,380

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)

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
Under 5	5.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	20.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.4%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
No high school diploma	1.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	19.3%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
Drove alone	78.4%	78.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	7.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.3%
Walked	1.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
1-unit, detached	88.2%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	16.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Whitfield	Wyomissing
Poverty rate	5.0%	6.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1972	1969