Newburg vs Roots

A side-by-side comparison of Newburg and Roots: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newburg has the higher population (283 vs 239 in Roots). Roots has the higher median household income ($106,411 vs $56,250 in Newburg). Roots has the higher median home value ($204,000 vs $83,000 in Newburg).

Population, income & housing

	Newburg	Roots
Population	283	239
Median age	49.1 yrs	11.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$106,411
Median home value	$83,000	$204,000
Housing units	126	57
Homeownership rate	95.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newburg	Roots
Population	273 → 283 (+3.7%)	179 → 239 (+33.5%)
Median household income	$39,612 → $56,250 (+42.0%)	—
Median home value	$86,700 → $83,000 (-4.3%)	—

Newburg

Population

273283

Median household income

$39,612$56,250

Median home value

$86,700$83,000

Roots

Population

179239

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newburg	Roots
Under 5	0.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	35.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	25.5%
45 to 54	16.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.4%	5.9%
65 to 74	18.7%	17.2%
75 and over	12.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newburg	Roots
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newburg	Roots
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.3%	74.1%
Some college or associate's	19.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newburg	Roots
Drove alone	77.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	22.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newburg	Roots
1-unit, detached	95.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newburg	Roots
Poverty rate	8.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1938	1991