Jerseytown vs Rupert

A side-by-side comparison of Jerseytown and Rupert: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jerseytown has the higher population (186 vs 158 in Rupert). Jerseytown has the higher median home value ($188,800 vs $168,300 in Rupert). Since 2019, Jerseytown's population has grown faster (+35.8% vs -28.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Jerseytown	Rupert
Population	186	158
Median age	46.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median home value	$188,800	$168,300
Housing units	78	54
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerseytown	Rupert
Population	137 → 186 (+35.8%)	222 → 158 (-28.8%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $48,333 (+43.2%)	$67,292 → $46,442 (-31.0%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $188,800 (+93.6%)	$137,500 → $168,300 (+22.4%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $885 (+14.2%)	—

Jerseytown

Population

137186

Median household income

$33,750$48,333

Median home value

$97,500$188,800

Median gross rent

$775$885

Rupert

Population

222158

Median household income

$67,292$46,442

Median home value

$137,500$168,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerseytown	Rupert
Under 5	2.2%	8.2%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.2%
25 to 34	7.5%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	28.5%	7.0%
55 to 64	6.5%	12.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	13.3%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerseytown	Rupert
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	7.0%
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+

	Jerseytown	Rupert
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	48.1%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerseytown	Rupert
Drove alone	53.6%	82.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	4.3%
Other means	9.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerseytown	Rupert
1-unit, detached	100.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Jerseytown	Rupert
Poverty rate	10.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.38	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1938	1954