Plymptonville vs West Decatur

A side-by-side comparison of Plymptonville and West Decatur: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plymptonville has the higher population (801 vs 624 in West Decatur). Plymptonville has the higher median household income ($56,346 vs $38,173 in West Decatur). Plymptonville has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $90,600 in West Decatur).

Population, income & housing

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
Population	801	624
Median age	50.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,346	$38,173
Median home value	$116,400	$90,600
Median gross rent	$729	$1,053
Housing units	406	252
Homeownership rate	75.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
Population	1,192 → 801 (-32.8%)	435 → 624 (+43.4%)
Median household income	$55,815 → $56,346 (+1.0%)	$38,854 → $38,173 (-1.8%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $116,400 (+78.5%)	$85,000 → $90,600 (+6.6%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $729 (+3.3%)	$583 → $1,053 (+80.6%)

Plymptonville

Population

1,192801

Median household income

$55,815$56,346

Median home value

$65,200$116,400

Median gross rent

$706$729

West Decatur

Population

435624

Median household income

$38,854$38,173

Median home value

$85,000$90,600

Median gross rent

$583$1,053

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
Under 5	1.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.1%
25 to 34	9.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	11.2%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.8%
55 to 64	23.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.3%
75 and over	11.0%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	94.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
No high school diploma	22.4%	16.0%
High school graduate	42.7%	64.6%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
Drove alone	72.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	4.1%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
1-unit, detached	72.7%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Plymptonville	West Decatur
Poverty rate	8.7%	39.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	15	29
Median year structure built	1961	1951